An open-air footbridge connected the platforms whilst the main road passed over the railway via a level crossing".

This is because the Beeching Report listed Formby as a station to be closed, along with the entire Liverpool to Southport route, which never happened.

[14] In 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).

There is a payphone, ticket machines, booking office and live departure and arrival screens for passenger information.

[16] Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south.