Aigburth railway station

Aigburth National Rail
Aigburth railway station building, viewed from the platform.
Location
Place Aigburth
Local authority Liverpool
Coordinates 53°21′53″N 2°55′36″W / 53.3647°N 2.9268°W / 53.3647; -2.9268Coordinates: 53°21′53″N 2°55′36″W / 53.3647°N 2.9268°W / 53.3647; -2.9268
Grid reference SJ384857
Operations
Station code AIG
Managed by Merseyrail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 0.614 million
2013/14 Increase 0.686 million
2014/15 Increase 0.747 million
2015/16 Increase 0.833 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.812 million
Passenger Transport Executive
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Zone C1
History
1 June 1864 Opened as Mersey Road
1880 Renamed Mersey Road & Aigburth
17 April 1972 Closed
2 January 1978 Reopened as Aigburth
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aigburth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Aigburth railway station serves the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Southport–Hunts Cross route of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban system.

History

The station, originally called Mersey Road & Aigburth, opened in 1864 as part of the Garston and Liverpool Railway line between Brunswick and Garston Dock. In 1865 the station and line were incorporated into the Cheshire Lines Committee.

The station closed in April 1972 but reopened in January 1978 as part of the Kirkby–Garston line of the Merseyrail system. Services were extended from Garston to Hunts Cross in 1983, and diverted to Southport instead of Kirkby in 1984.

From 11 December 2006 the Monday to Saturday evening service was increased to run every 15 minutes, instead of half-hourly as previously.

Facilities

The station is staffed during all opening hours. There is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens for passenger information. The station has a free car park with 16 spaces, as well as secure indoor storage for 10 cycles. The station does not have step-free access for either platform and is not suitable for wheelchairs and prams.[1]

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes, Monday-Saturday to Southport via Liverpool Central to the north, and Hunts Cross to the south. On Sundays, services are every 30 minutes in each direction.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Aigburth train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". Merseyrail. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 103

References

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
Preceding station National Rail Following station
St Michaels
towards Southport		   Merseyrail
Northern Line		   Cressington
towards Hunts Cross
  Historical railways  
Otterspool
Line open, station closed		   Cheshire Lines Committee
Garston and Liverpool Railway		   Cressington and Grassendale
Line and station open
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