Aintree train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Aintree on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Aughton Park, with 253 trains a day.
Aintree is the nearest station for postcodes in L68, L72. Check your own postcode.
- 18 direct destinations
- 548th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 104 parking spaces
- 7 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Aintree
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aughton Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Kirkdale | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Liverpool Central | 253 | 253 | 64 |
| Maghull | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Maghull North | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Moorfields | 253 | 253 | 64 |
| Ormskirk | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Orrell Park | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Old Roan | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Sandhills | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Town Green | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Walton | 253 | 253 | 128 |
| Aigburth | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Brunswick | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Cressington | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Hunts Cross | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 122 | 122 | 62 |
| St Michaels | 122 | 122 | 62 |
Lines serving Aintree
Aintree is on the Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Ormskirk) and the Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Ormskirk), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Aintree station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Aintree station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Aintree station is
977,074 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 548th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Aintree and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 343,480 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Fazakerley 0.9 miles
- Orrell Park 0.9 miles
- Old Roan 0.9 miles
- Rice Lane 1.2 miles
- Walton 1.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Aintree, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Aintree Racecourse · 0.3 miles
- Warbreck · 0.7 miles
- Ford · 0.8 miles
- Walton on the Hill · 1.8 miles
- Linacre Road · 1.8 miles
- Walton & Anfield · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at Aintree station
Aintree is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Sunday: 05:30 to 11:30 · Monday to Friday: 05:30 to 11:30 · Saturday: 05:30 to 11:30
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Aintree station
- Station Car Park 104 spaces, 7 accessible
Cycle parking: 69 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Aintree station
Aintree station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.
The nearest motorway junction is M57 J6 (Kirkby Interchange), 2.1 miles east.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Aintree Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Aintree station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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