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.

Aigburth
Aigburth railway station building, viewed from the platform.
General information
Location	Aigburth, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53.3647°N 2.9268°W / 53.3647; -2.9268
Grid reference	SJ384857
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AIG
Fare zone	C1
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1 June 1864	Opened as Mersey Road
1880	Renamed Mersey Road & Aigburth
17 April 1972	Closed
2 January 1978	Reopened as Aigburth
Passengers
2018/19	0.864 million
2019/20	0.974 million
2020/21	0.203 million
2021/22	0.483 million
2022/23	0.567 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Cheshire Lines Committee
Legend
Merseyside Lines
Southport Lord Street Birkdale Palace to Southport Ainsdale Ainsdale Beach Northern line Woodvale Freshfield to Liverpool Central Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick (original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

History

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.

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Gallery

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

Notes

1. Crawford, Ewan. "Garston and Liverpool Railway - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
2. "Aigburth train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". Merseyrail. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
3. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 103

References

• 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

External links

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

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