By Rail

Regular, inexpensive bus services operate between Liverpool John Lennon Airport and a number of local Railway Stations, including Liverpool South Parkway, Liverpool Lime Street and Liverpool Hunts Cross.

For more information on train times and stations, please visit www.traveline.org.uk or ring Traveline on 0871 200 22 33.

Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool John Lennon Airport (Bus Link)
Liverpool South Parkway is the main train station which serves Liverpool John Lennon Airport and offers links to Liverpool Lime Street and Central, Warrington, Manchester, Stockport, Sheffield, Birmingham and Wolverhampton on City Line trains and Bootle, Formby and Southport on Northern Line trains. Travelling from Liverpool South Parkway also, in many cases, avoids the hassle of having to go into Liverpool Lime Street.

For more information about Liverpool South Parkway, please click here.

Rail Services to Liverpool South Parkway

Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool Lime Street
5 services per hour

Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool Central/Moorfields:
4 services per hour

Liverpool South Parkway - Southport (Train Operator Merseyrail) via Liverpool Central, Bootle and Formby
Every 15 minutes, Monday - Saturday, services run to Southport via Liverpool Central. A half-hourly service operates on Sundays.

Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Oxford Road (Train Operator Northern Rail)
There are two trains per hour between Liverpool South Parkway and Manchester Oxford Road and an hourly service operating on Sundays.

Liverpool South Parkway to Birmingham New Street (Train Operator - London Midland) Via Runcorn, Crewe, Stafford
A half-hourly service operates Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays.

Liverpool South Parkway - Nottingham (Train Operator East Midland Trains) via Manchester Oxford Road and Piccadilly,Stockport, Sheffield
An hourly service operates between Liverpool South Parkway and Nottingham (many services carry on to Norwich.)

How to access Liverpool South Parkway from the Airport

Liverpool South Parkway is accessible by taxi or by using the following bus services:

NEW! 501 : Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Express, dedicated service between Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Liverpool South Parkway, JLA's closest rail station! The journey is fast, taking just 10 minutes, and frequent, running every 20 minutes (Monday-Saturday daytimes)
Merseytravel Trio, Solo and Saveaway tickets, Arriva Day and Weekly tickets and English National Concessionary Travel Passes are welcome on this service.
For more information, download the PDF leaflet - 501 : Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool John Lennon Airport

80A Arriva bus operates every 7 to 8 minutes Mondays to Saturdays in the daytimes, and every 30 minutes in the evenings and on Sundays.
86A Arriva bus operates every 5 minutes Mondays to Saturdays in the daytimes, and every 10 minutes in the evenings and on Sundays.

For further information regarding Liverpool South Parkway and the buses that serve it, please click on the links below:

Arriva Buses
LSP Additional Info (PDF document)
LSP Route Map (PDF document)

Liverpool Lime Street Station
For onward travel, Liverpool Lime Street has direct access to Liverpool Lime Street. Rail services from Liverpool Lime Street connect the city of Liverpool to the UK's main rail network.

Connect to Liverpool Lime Street using the AirLink 500 bus, which runs daily from Liverpool John Lennon Airport every 30 minutes, or take a taxi.

Airlink 500 : John Lennon Airport - Liverpool City Centre

Hunts Cross Station - Liverpool John Lennon Airport (Bus Link)
81A Arriva bus leaves Hillfoot Avenue (Hunts Cross) for Liverpool John Lennon Airport at 2, 32 minutes past the hour.

Liverpool Central - Hunts Cross (Merseyrail train service)
Liverpool Central - Brunswick - St. Michaels - Aigburth - Cressington - Liverpool South Parkway - Hunts Cross. Operates at 14, 29, 44, 59 minutes past the hour. Journey time: 15 minutes. Alight at Liverpool South Parkway or Hunts Cross for bus services to Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Save time at the Train Station - Buy Your Rail Tickets @ LJLA!
It is now possible to purchase tickets for journeys on the national rail network from Liverpool John Lennon Airport's automated ticket machine, located on Level 1 of the Terminal Building, adjacent to the Information Desk.

Please note that these tickets do not yet include the cost of transport to the train station.