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Liverpool Lime Street

Name: Liverpool Lime Street punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at Liverpool Lime Street arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 605 timed arrivals out of 929 services; 86% 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.

86%
within 5 min, of 605: 2 min
late on average: 1
cancelled, of 929

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Next departures

Board as of 10:11 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.

Chester
09:58 · Platform A · Merseyrail · updated 10:1109:57Departed

Manchester Airport
10:00 · Platform 4 · Northern · updated 10:1109:59Departed

New Brighton
10:03 · Platform A · Merseyrail · updated 10:1110:03Departed

London Euston
10:08 · Platform 10 (expected) · Avanti West Coast · updated 10:0910:08On time

West Kirby
10:08 · Platform A · Merseyrail · updated 10:1010:08On time

Birmingham New Street
10:12 · Platform 6 (expected) · LNR & WMR · updated 10:1110:12On time

Chester
10:12 · Platform A (expected) · Merseyrail · updated 10:1110:12On time

Wigan North Western
10:15 · Platform 2 (expected) · Northern · updated 10:1110:15On time

All 63 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Liverpool Lime Street arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 605 timed arrivals out of 929 services; 86% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 2 min. 1 service was cancelled (0.1%). The platform changed after being announced on 2% of 883 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 08:00–09:00 (76 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (2 min late on average).

Punctuality at Liverpool Lime Street, 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	929	929	929
Within 5 minutes	86% of 605	86% of 605	86% of 605
Average delay	2 min of 605	2 min of 605	2 min of 605
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	2 min	2 min	2 min
Cancelled	1 of 929	1 of 929	1 of 929
Cancelled at some stops	0	0	0
Platform changed	2% of 883	2% of 883	2% of 883
Busiest hour	08:00–09:00 (76)	08:00–09:00 (76)	08:00–09:00 (76)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)

Routes from here

Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western60 services · 100% within 5 min of 28
Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street51 services · 78% within 5 min of 23
Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport35 services
Liverpool Lime Street to Blackpool North33 services
Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston32 services · 33% within 5 min of 24
Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Oxford Road29 services
Liverpool Lime Street to Cleethorpes22 services
Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle21 services
Liverpool Lime Street to Warrington Central21 services

Routes to here

Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street46 services · 42% within 5 min of 24
Wigan North Western to Liverpool Lime Street36 services · 93% within 5 min of 30
London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street31 services · 30% within 5 min of 23
Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street21 services

Operators

Northern1,613 calls in the last 30 days
Merseyrail1,526 calls in the last 30 days
TransPennine Express825 calls in the last 30 days
West Midlands Railway472 calls in the last 30 days
Avanti West Coast465 calls in the last 30 days
East Midlands Railway219 calls in the last 30 days
Transport for Wales201 calls in the last 30 days

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About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: LIV
Coordinates: 53.4073, -2.9777

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.