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Birkenhead Central

Trains at Birkenhead Central arrived on average 18 min late over the last 30 days, based on 86 timed arrivals out of 203 services; 7% 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.

7%
within 5 min, of 86
18 min
late on average
0
cancelled, of 203

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Next departures

Board as of 10:09 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.

Ellesmere Port
10:00 · Platform 2 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:0910:00On time
Ellesmere Port
10:00 · Platform 2 · Merseyrail · updated 10:0910:02Departed
Chester
10:04 · Platform 1 · Merseyrail · updated 10:0910:03Departed
Chester
10:07 · Platform 2 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:0910:07On time
Chester
10:07 · Platform 2 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:0910:07On time
Ellesmere Port
10:12 · Platform 1 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:0910:14On time
Chester
10:19 · Platform 1 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:0910:19On time
Chester
10:23 · Platform 2 (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:0910:23On time

All 29 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Birkenhead Central arrived on average 18 min late over the last 30 days, based on 86 timed arrivals out of 203 services; 7% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were within 19 min and four in five were within 20 min. No services were cancelled over the last 30 days. The platform changed after being announced on 14% of 192 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 08:00–09:00 (18 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (18 min late on average).

Punctuality at Birkenhead Central, 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.
Measure7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 202630 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services203203203
Within 5 minutes7% of 867% of 867% of 86
Average delay18 min of 8618 min of 8618 min of 86
Half were within19 min19 min19 min
Four in five were within20 min20 min20 min
Cancelled0 of 2030 of 2030 of 203
Cancelled at some stops000
Platform changed14% of 19214% of 19214% of 192
Busiest hour08:00–09:00 (18)08:00–09:00 (18)08:00–09:00 (18)
Worst day14 September 2026 (18 min)14 September 2026 (18 min)14 September 2026 (18 min)

Routes from here

No route from here has 20 services yet.

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About this station

Country
Great Britain
CRS code
BKC
Coordinates
53.3882, -3.0209

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.