Aintree Central railway station

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.

Aintree Central
General information
LocationAintree, Sefton
England
Coordinates53.4731°N 2.9584°W / 53.4731; -2.9584
Grid referenceSJ365978
Platforms5*[1][2][3]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCheshire Lines Committee
Pre-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Post-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
13 July 1880Station opened as Aintree Racecourse CLC
1 September 1884Station renamed Aintree (CLC)
1 July 1950Station renamed Aintree Central
7 November 1960Station closed to regular traffic
March 1963Station closed to race traffic
7 December 1964Station closed to public goods traffic[4]
Railway stations around Aintree
Southport & Cheshire
Lines Extension Railway
Northern line
to Ormskirk
Sefton and Maghull
Old Roan
Aintree Central
Aintree
(Sefton Arms)
Northern line
to Kirkby
Ford
Aintree Racecourse
North Mersey Branch
to Bootle
Fazakerley
Northern line
to Liverpool
Orrell Park
Warbreck
Northern line
to Liverpool
North Liverpool
Extension Line

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
  1. Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 143
  2. Bolger 1984, pp. 26–7.
  3. Pixton 2007, p. 51.
  4. Bolger 1984, pp. 8–9.
  5. 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.
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
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