Aintree (AIN)

Aintree is a stop on the Ormskirk branch of the Merseyrail Northern Line on Merseyside between Orrell Park and Old Roan.
Merseyrail 508 114 arrives with a Liverpool bound service


Information
Type: National Rail (Merseyrail Northern Line Ormskirk Branch)
Station code: AIN
Opened: 1849
Platforms: 2

The station was opened by the East Lancashire Railway in 1849 before being taken over by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. The station was renamed Aintree Sefton Arms by British Railways to distinguish it from the now-closed CLC station Aintree Central [1] though since 1968 has been known as just Aintree. It is the closest station to Aintree Racecourse, the home of the Grand National. A horse shoe is displayed on the station footbridge (see below).

The station once had a substantial goods yard and depot. The L&Y experimented with an electric locomotive between 1912 and 1914 to haul traffic between the North Mersey Goods Yard and the Aintree sorting sidings. The station is staffed with the standard Merseyrail shelters and displays. 
Footbridge, note the horseshoe

A Merseyrail train prepares to depart

Looking down the platform

Station signage

Station view from the footbridge



[1] Jonathan Cadwallader & Martin Jenkins, Merseyside Electrics (Ian Allan, 2010) p. 39