Aintree Central railway station

Aintree Central
Location
Place Aintree
Area Sefton
Coordinates 53°28′23″N 2°57′30″W / 53.4731°N 2.9584°W / 53.4731; -2.9584Coordinates: 53°28′23″N 2°57′30″W / 53.4731°N 2.9584°W / 53.4731; -2.9584
Grid reference SJ365978
Operations
Original company Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping Cheshire Lines Committee
Platforms 5*[1][2][3]
History
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[4]
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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.

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]

The official day of a closure is given as the Monday following the date of the last train to run. As this is almost always a Saturday, if 7 January 1952 (Monday) is given as the date of closure, this means the last day of service was Saturday, 5 January 1952. This can be shown by last day tickets bearing the 5 January date

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. (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.
  • 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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