- Old Roan railway station
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Old Roan 
Old Roan railway station, from the Liverpool platform Location Place Aintree Local authority Sefton Coordinates 53°29′12″N 2°57′03″W / 53.4868°N 2.9508°WCoordinates: 53°29′12″N 2°57′03″W / 53.4868°N 2.9508°W Operations Station code ORN Managed by Merseyrail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.261 million 2005/06 * 
0.285 million2006/07 * 0.306 million2007/08 * 0.337 million2008/09 * 0.918 million2009/10 * 
0.861 millionPassenger Transport Executive PTE Merseytravel Zone C3 History 2002 Refurbished National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Old Roan from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Old Roan railway station is a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England, about seven miles north-east of Liverpool, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.
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Location
The station is located on Ormskirk Road, with the southbound platform accessible from Ormskirk Road and the northbound platform under the railway bridge on Copy Lane (which is actually in Netherton). Interchange with local bus services is available on both Ormskirk Road, Copy Lane and from the station's new bus terminus. Old Roan is a more convenient station for much of Aintree Village compared with Aintree.
History
The line was originally part of the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway, until the railway was later absorbed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Services ran from Ormskirk to Liverpool Exchange (The latter station closed in 1977 & now services are diverted underground to Moorfields & continue on to Liverpool Central.
Housing development on what had previously been farmland encouraged the London Midland And Scottish Railway, successor to the Lancashire and Yorkshire, to build a station at Old Roan in 1935, it being named after an adjacent public house.
Although the lines on which Old Roan is situated ran parallel to those of the Cheshire Lines Committee's North Liverpool Extension Line, (running from Liverpool Central High Level to Southport Lord Street), there were no platforms on the CLC line, although a junction between the two routes did exist south of the station.
Services
Old Roan is served by electric trains between Liverpool Central and Ormskirk. There are trains every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime, and every 30 minutes at other times.
Facilities
Old Roan station has seen significant improvements made to it over the past 5 years. The station was totally renovated in 2002, a lift installed, and underground subway added to link both platforms. A waiting room has been installed on the Liverpool platform.
External links
- Train times and station information for Old Roan railway station from National Rail
- Station information from Merseyrail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Aintree Merseyrail
Northern LineMaghull Disused railways Aintree Central Cheshire Lines Committee
SCLERSefton and Maghull Merseyrail Northern Line Stations Southport - Hunts Cross Branch Hunts Cross • Liverpool South Parkway • Cressington • Aigburth • St Michaels • Brunswick • 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 • SouthportOrmskirk Branch Liverpool Central • Moorfields • Sandhills • Kirkdale • Walton • Orrell Park • Aintree • Old Roan • Maghull • Town Green • Aughton Park • OrmskirkKirkby Branch Liverpool Central • Moorfields • Sandhills • Kirkdale • Rice Lane • Fazakerley • Kirkby • (Headbolt Lane - Proposed)Categories:- Railway stations in Sefton
- Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
- Railway stations served by Merseyrail
- DfT Category E stations
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