Liverpool Lime Street Railway Station - Services

Services

The main station is currently served by five train operating companies serving a wide variety of destinations, but the service has been much reduced in recent times. For example it is no longer possible to travel directly to Edinburgh, Plymouth and Cardiff without changing trains. Services out of Lime Street (as of June 2011) are as follows:

East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains operate an hourly service to Norwich via Warrington Central, Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Sheffield and Nottingham. Late afternoon and evening services terminate at Nottingham.

First TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express operate an hourly service to Scarborough via Warrington Central, Manchester Piccadilly, Leeds and York. There are also daily services to Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Hull. Evening services will run to York only.

London Midland
London Midland operate a half hourly service to Birmingham New Street via Runcorn, Crewe, Stafford and Wolverhampton. Late services terminate at Crewe.

Northern Rail
Northern Rail are the main train operating company out of Lime Street, and run the ticket office. Services include:

• Half hourly service to Manchester Oxford Road (via Warrington Central)
• Hourly service to Blackpool North (via Preston)
• Half hourly service to Wigan North Western (via St. Helens Central)
• Hourly service to Stalybridge (via Manchester Victoria)
• Hourly service to Manchester Airport (via Newton-le-Willows)
• Hourly service to Warrington Bank Quay (via Earlestown)
• Hourly service to Liverpool South Parkway (extended from Blackpool North)
• Also peak services run to Huddersfield and Preston

Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains operate an hourly Pendolino service to London Euston via Runcorn and Stafford (some peak services also call at Crewe, Lichfield Trent Valley, Tamworth, Nuneaton, Rugby, Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction).

Merseyrail
The underground station is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, which has services to New Brighton, West Kirby, Ellesmere Port and Chester. To reach destinations on the Northern Line of the network, passengers must either use the Wirral Line and change at Liverpool Central station or walk the short distance to the station.