Aintree railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Aintree


code = AIN
manager = Merseyrail
locale = Aintree
borough = Sefton
pte = Merseytravel
zone = C1/C3
usage0405 = 0.388
usage0506 = 0.377
usage0607 = 0.412
platforms = 2
years = 2 April 1849
events = Station opens
years1 = ?
events1 = Renamed Aintree Sefton Arms
years2 = 6 May 1968
events2 = Renamed Aintree

Aintree railway station is a railway station in Aintree, Merseyside, England. It is on the Ormskirk branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. 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.

ervices

Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) between Ormskirk and Liverpool Central, and every 30 minutes at other times. On race days, additional services operate to and from Liverpool Central.

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External links

* [http://www.merseyrail.org/stations/?iStationId=3 Station information] from Merseyrail