Aintree railway station

For a guide to the various Aintree stations that have existed and their relationship to each other see Aintree Stations.

Aintree
Location
Place	Aintree
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°28′26″N 2°57′23″W / 53.4740°N 2.9563°W / 53.4740; -2.9563Coordinates: 53°28′26″N 2°57′23″W / 53.4740°N 2.9563°W / 53.4740; -2.9563
Grid reference	SJ366978
Operations
Station code	AIN
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.388 million
2005/06	0.377 million
2006/07	0.412 million
2007/08	0.473 million
2008/09	1.251 million
2009/10	1.173 million
2010/11	1.197 million
2011/12	1.147 million
2012/13	1.108 million
2013/14	1.142 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1/C3
History
2 April 1849	Station opens
?	Renamed Aintree Sefton Arms
6 May 1968	Renamed Aintree
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aintree from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Aintree railway station is a railway station in Aintree, Merseyside, England. It is on the Ormskirk branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. Until 1968 it was known as Aintree Sefton Arms after a nearby public house. The station's design reflects the fact it is the closest station to Aintree Racecourse, where the annual Grand National horse race takes place.

History

Opened by the East Lancashire Railway, then by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways on behalf of the Merseyside PTE until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, trains run every 15 minutes towards Liverpool Central and every 15 minutes towards Ormskirk. On race days, the trains have 6 carriages (two trains coupled together). During the Grand National meeting, additional trains run to the station from Liverpool city centre.

Gallery

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  An LMS 630v EMU approaching in 1959.

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  The view south along the Liverpool-bound platform.

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  The station building viewed from the car park.

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  A Merseyrail Class 507 departs with a service.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aintree railway station.

• Train times and station information for Aintree railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Aintree railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Old Roan		Merseyrail Northern Line		Orrell Park
	Disused railways
Terminus		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Mersey Branch		Ford