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Birkdale

Name: Birkdale punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at Birkdale arrived on average under a minute late over the last 30 days, based on 123 timed arrivals out of 144 services; 100% were within 5 minutes.

Counted from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2026, as of 14 September 2026. Facts from the rail feeds we archive; nothing on this page is a prediction. How we count.

100%
within 5 min, of 123: under a minute
late on average: 0
cancelled, of 144

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Next departures

Board as of 10:10 London time; each train shows when its last update arrived. Times are the feed's own; a platform is marked expected until the operator confirms it.

Southport
09:58 · Platform 2 · updated 10:0509:58Departed

Liverpool Central
10:10 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 09:4610:10On time

Southport
10:13 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0810:14On time

Liverpool Central
10:25 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0510:25On time

Southport
10:28 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0810:28On time

Liverpool Central
10:40 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0310:40On time

Southport
10:43 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0910:43On time

Liverpool Central
10:55 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0110:55On time

All 18 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Birkdale arrived on average under a minute late over the last 30 days, based on 123 timed arrivals out of 144 services; 100% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were on time. No services were cancelled over the last 30 days. The platform changed after being announced on 0% of 144 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 07:00–08:00 (8 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (under a minute late on average).

Punctuality at Birkdale, measured at this station against the public timetable. Rates show the sample they are counted from; “—” means no figure. Platform changes are counted over calls with a platform.
Measure	7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	30 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services	144	144	144
Within 5 minutes	100% of 123	100% of 123	100% of 123
Average delay	under a minute of 123	under a minute of 123	under a minute of 123
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Cancelled	0 of 144	0 of 144	0 of 144
Cancelled at some stops	0	0	0
Platform changed	0% of 144	0% of 144	0% of 144
Busiest hour	07:00–08:00 (8)	07:00–08:00 (8)	07:00–08:00 (8)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (under a minute)	14 September 2026 (under a minute)	14 September 2026 (under a minute)

Routes from here

No route from here has 20 services yet.

Operators

Merseyrail730 calls in the last 30 days

Nearby stations

Hillside1.4 km
Southport1.7 km
Meols Cop2.9 km
Ainsdale4 km
Freshfield8.4 km
Formby9.6 km
Ormskirk11.3 km
Aughton Park11.8 km

About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: BDL
Coordinates: 53.6335, -3.0147

Every figure on this page is a count over the feed messages we archive, measured at this station against the public timetable. See the leaderboards or every station in Great Britain.