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
DfT category	E
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
2014/15	1.084 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 and Road 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

An LMS 630v EMU approaching in 1959.
The view south along the Liverpool-bound platform.
The station building viewed from the car park.
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

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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 towards Ormskirk		Merseyrail Northern Line	Orrell Park towards Liverpool Central
	Disused railways
Terminus		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Mersey Branch	Ford

Railway stations in Merseyside

Knowsley	Halewood Huyton Kirkby Prescot Roby Whiston

Liverpool (city centre stations in italics)	Aigburth Bank Hall Broad Green Brunswick Cressington Edge Hill Fazakerley Hunts Cross James Street Kirkdale Liverpool Central Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Moorfields Mossley Hill Orrell Park Rice Lane St Michaels Sandhills Walton Wavertree Technology Park West Allerton

Sefton	Ainsdale Aintree Birkdale Blundellsands & Crosby Bootle New Strand Bootle Oriel Road Formby Freshfield Hall Road Hightown Hillside Maghull Meols Cop Old Roan Seaforth & Litherland Southport Waterloo

St Helens	Earlestown Eccleston Park Garswood Lea Green Newton-le-Willows Rainford Rainhill St Helens Central St Helens Junction Thatto Heath

Wirral	Bebington Beechwood (proposed) Bidston Birkenhead Central Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Bromborough Bromborough Rake Conway Park Eastham Rake Green Lane Hamilton Square Heswall Hoylake Leasowe Manor Road Meols Moreton New Brighton Port Sunlight Rock Ferry Spital Upton Wallasey Grove Road Wallasey Village West Kirby Woodchurch (proposed)

Outside Merseyside, but within the Merseytravel area	Hooton Hough Green

Transport in Merseyside Merseytravel Merseyrail

Merseyrail Northern Line Stations

Southport–Hunts Cross Branch	Hunts Cross Liverpool South Parkway Cressington Aigburth St Michaels Brunswick (St James – proposed) Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Bank Hall Bootle Oriel Road Bootle New Strand Seaforth & Litherland Waterloo Blundellsands & Crosby Hall Road Hightown Formby Freshfield Ainsdale Hillside Birkdale Southport

Ormskirk Branch	Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Walton Orrell Park Aintree Old Roan Maghull Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk

Kirkby Branch	Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Rice Lane Fazakerley Kirkby (Headbolt Lane – proposed)

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