Aintree Central railway station
# Aintree Central railway station

vte Railway stations around Aintree :

Legend :

| Southport & CheshireLines Extension Railway | Northern lineto Ormskirk | Northern lineto Ormskirk |
| - | - | - |
| Sefton and Maghull | Old Roan | Old Roan |
| Aintree Central | Aintree(Sefton Arms) | Aintree(Sefton Arms) |
| | Northern lineto Kirkby | Northern lineto Kirkby |
| Ford | Aintree Racecourse | Aintree Racecourse |
| North Mersey Branchto Bootle | Fazakerley | Fazakerley |
| | Northern lineto Liverpool | Northern lineto Liverpool |
| Orrell Park | Warbreck | Warbreck |
| Northern lineto Liverpool | North LiverpoolExtension Line | North LiverpoolExtension Line |

vteCheshire Lines Committee :

Legend :

Merseyside Lines :

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).

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

