Arriva Trains Wales operate an hourly service throughout between Manchester and Chester (no trains stop at Patricroft, Eccles or Deansgate, which are served by Liverpool to Manchester Lines) and onwards calling at all stations to Llandudno on the North Wales Coast Line (except Sundays, when trains terminate at Chester).
Manchester | Manchester United F.C. | University of Manchester | Chester | Manchester City F.C. | Greater Manchester | East Coast Main Line | West Coast Main Line | New Line Cinema | Chester A. Arthur | West Chester, Pennsylvania | Manchester, New Hampshire | Cunard Line | White Star Line | Melissa Manchester | Manchester Metropolitan University | Victoria University of Manchester | Bishop of Chester | The Onedin Line | Daniel Chester French | Manchester Ship Canal | Maginot Line | Chester County, Pennsylvania | West Chester | BBC Radio Manchester | Great Central Main Line | What's My Line? | West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio | Walk the Line | Stena Line |
The route follows the Birkenhead Joint (LNWR & GWR) Ellesmere Port branch with stations at Stanlow and Thornton and Ince and Elton to the village and junction station at Helsby where it joins the Chester to Manchester Line through to Warrington Bank Quay railway station.