Ainsdale railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Ainsdale

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code = ANS
manager = Merseyrail
locale = Ainsdale
borough = Sefton
pte = Merseytravel
zone = D1
usage0405 = 0.289
usage0506 = 0.323
usage0607 = 0.328
platforms = 2
start = 24 July 1848
latitude = 53.6019
longitude = -3.0428

Ainsdale railway station serves the village of Ainsdale near Southport, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

History

Ainsdale opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. It became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1904, who took over from the LCSR. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was Grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948 and in 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail Network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).

Today, Ainsdale remains the only station on the Southport to Liverpool section of line without electronic passenger information screens.

ervices

Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday and on summer Sundays to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Winter Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

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References

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External links

* [http://www.merseyrail.org/stations/?iStationId=2 Station information] from Merseyrail