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Aintree Central
Aintree Central
General information
Location	Aintree, Sefton; England
Coordinates	53°28′23″N 2°57′30″W / 53.4731°N 2.9584°W
Grid reference	SJ365978
Platforms	5*
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
13 July 1880	Station opened as Aintree Racecourse CLC
1 September 1884	Station renamed Aintree (CLC)
1 July 1950	Station renamed Aintree Central
7 November 1960	Station closed to regular traffic
March 1963	Station closed to race traffic
7 December 1964	Station closed to public goods traffic

Railway stations around Aintree

Legend

Cheshire Lines Committee

Legend

Merseyside Lines

Southport Lord Street

to Southport

Northern line

to Liverpool Central

Liverpool, Southport and

Preston Junction Railway

Hillhouse Junction

to Ormskirk

Aintree Junction

Southport Junction

Aintree Central

Aintree

Northern line

Warbreck

Orrell Park

Walton

to Kirkby

Rice Lane

to Liverpool Central

Fazakerley Junctions

Northern line

St James

Brunswick

(original)

Egerton Street Junction

to Lime Street

Liverpool South Parkway

Hunts Cross West Junction

Hunts Cross

to Manchester Central

Aintree Central railway station was a station located on the North Liverpool Extension Line on Park Lane, Aintree, Merseyside, across Park Lane from the current Aintree station.

History

The station opened on 13 July 1880 as Aintree Racecourse for racedays at Aintree Racecourse. It was renamed Aintree on the opening of the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway on 1 September 1884. In 1950 it was renamed once more becoming Aintree Central.

The line was opened by the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC), in direct competition with the L&Y's Liverpool Exchange to Southport Chapel Street service. However, it was never as successful because the CLC's route was much longer than that of the L&Y, serving areas within South Liverpool and along to Hunts Cross, before going north again up to Aintree.

On 7 January 1952 the Liverpool Central to Southport Lord Street service ended, leaving Aintree Central as the terminus for all trains from Liverpool.

The station finally closed to passengers on 7 November 1960 and then to race traffic in March 1963. It finally closed on 7 December 1964 with the withdrawal of freight traffic (except for private sidings).^[5]

Today, no evidence of the station's existence remains, as the site is buried under an industrial estate, located off Park Lane.

References

^ Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 143
^ Bolger 1984, pp. 26–7.
^ Pixton 2007, p. 51.
^ Bolger 1984, pp. 8–9.
^ Welbourn 2008, p. 107.

Sources

Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-947562-00-7.
Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Fields, N; Gilbert, A C; Knight, N R (1980), Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century, Manchester Transport Museum Society, ISBN 978-0-900857-19-5
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Pixton, Bob (2007). Liverpool Manchester 2:Cheshire Lines. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-03-6.
Welbourn, Nigel (2008). Liverpool and the Mersey (Lost Lines). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3190-6.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways	Following station
Warbreck	Cheshire Lines Committee SCLER	Sefton and Maghull
Warbreck	Cheshire Lines Committee North Liverpool Extension Line	Terminus
Warbreck	LYR Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway	Old Roan