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 Morecambe 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Morecambe had 165,308 entries and exits, making it the 1,361st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1361/2575
It ranked 734th busiest (out of 997), with 334 scheduled services per week.
734/997
That's a daily average of 452.90 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 9.52 passengers per service, giving it the 948th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
948/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 29,078
Reduced price entries & exits: 118,424
Season ticket entries & exits: 17,806
Total entries & exits: 165,308
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +18,304 : 12.45%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1114414Bay on Down & Up Morecambe Line
2144523Bay on Down & Up Heysham Line
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
055Lancaster - Morecamber - Heysham PortMay24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023:-30,265 (-15.48%)

Reasons for change:
2014-15 Reason for change unclear - possibly linked to ticket office
2018-19 Issues with May 2018 timetable introduction

Location Details

Location: Morecambe
CRS: MCM / NLC: 2695 / TIPLOC(S): MORCAME
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 343243 464169
Constituency: Morecambe and Lunesdale
Local Authority: Lancashire
NR Region: North West
ELR: MSM 2m 08ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Morecambe during 2022/2023:
•Lancaster (32,632 journeys)
•Preston (Lancs) (6,102 journeys)
•Manchester Piccadilly (3,961 journeys)
•Barrow-In-Furness (3,535 journeys)
•Leeds (3,254 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Morecambe's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Bare Lane1.43
Heysham Port2.00