Aigburth railway station

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.

The station, originally called Mersey Road, 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. In 1880, it was renamed to Mersey Road & Aigburth.^[1]

The station closed in April 1972 but reopened in January 1978, as Aigburth 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.

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

• The view along the Liverpool-bound platform.
  The view along the Liverpool-bound platform.
• A Merseyrail Class 507 departs towards Liverpool.
  A Merseyrail Class 507 departs towards Liverpool.
• The station building from the road.
  The station building from the road.
• The view towards Hunts Cross.
  The view towards Hunts Cross.
• View towards Hunts Cross.
  View towards Hunts Cross.

• 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.
• 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

• Train times and station information for Aigburth railway station from National Rail
• Station information for Aigburth railway station from Merseyrail

• Railway stations in Liverpool
• DfT Category E stations
• Former Cheshire Lines Committee stations
• Railway stations served by Merseyrail
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1972
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1978

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