Aintree Central Railway Station

For a guide to the various Aintree stations that have existed and their relationship to each other see Aintree Stations. 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. HistoryThe 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.

For a guide to the various Aintree stations that have existed and their relationship to each other see Aintree Stations. 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. HistoryThe 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.