The station is located on the Wirral Line operated by Merseyrail and there are frequent third rail electric train services to Liverpool, Chester and Ellesmere Port.

There are departure and arrival screens on the platforms for passenger information.

There is no easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams to the platforms, as this is by staircase only.

[4] Trains run to Liverpool at a frequency of approximately every 10 minutes and a service to Chester every 15 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service to each destination becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays.

Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide.