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St Helens Central

Trains at St Helens Central arrived on average under a minute late over the last 30 days, based on 92 timed arrivals out of 153 services; 99% 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.

99%
within 5 min, of 92
under a minute
late on average
0
cancelled, of 153

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Next departures

Board as of 10:57 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.

Wigan North Western
10:44 · Platform 1 (expected) · Northern · updated 10:5410:44On time
Blackpool North
10:56 · Platform 1 (expected) · Northern · updated 10:3910:56On time
Liverpool Lime Street
11:01 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:4711:01On time
Liverpool Lime Street
11:09 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0811:09On time
Wigan North Western
11:14 · Platform 1 (expected) · Northern · updated 10:4711:14On time
Liverpool Lime Street
11:20 · Platform 2 (expected) · TransPennine Express · updated 10:5611:20On time
Liverpool Lime Street
11:38 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:5011:38On time
Wigan North Western
11:44 · Platform 1 (expected) · Northern · updated 10:5611:44On time

All 16 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at St Helens Central arrived on average under a minute late over the last 30 days, based on 92 timed arrivals out of 153 services; 99% 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 109 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 08:00–09:00 (12 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (under a minute late on average).

Punctuality at St Helens 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
Services153153153
Within 5 minutes99% of 9299% of 9299% of 92
Average delayunder a minute of 92under a minute of 92under a minute of 92
Half were withinunder a minuteunder a minuteunder a minute
Four in five were withinunder a minuteunder a minuteunder a minute
Cancelled0 of 1530 of 1530 of 153
Cancelled at some stops000
Platform changed0% of 1090% of 1090% of 109
Busiest hour08:00–09:00 (12)08:00–09:00 (12)08:00–09:00 (12)
Worst day14 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.

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About this station

Country
Great Britain
CRS code
SNH
Coordinates
53.4531, -2.7303

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.