Ainsdale railway station

Ainsdale
Location
Place	Ainsdale
Local authority	Sefton
Coordinates	53°36′07″N 3°02′34″W / 53.6019°N 3.0428°W / 53.6019; -3.0428Coordinates: 53°36′07″N 3°02′34″W / 53.6019°N 3.0428°W / 53.6019; -3.0428
Operations
Station code	ANS
Managed by	Merseyrail
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.289 million
2005/06 *	0.323 million
2006/07 *	0.328 million
2007/08 *	0.346 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	D1
History
Opened 24 July 1848 (24 July 1848)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ainsdale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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. In 1904 it became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, which 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).

Ainsdale remains one of the only stations on the Southport to Liverpool section of line without electronic passenger information screens, however they are due to be installed in September 2009 by committing £50,000 into it by Merseytravel and the station itself is to undergo improvements which cost £100,000, the waiting area on the Liverpool-bound platform will be extended to increase capacity and include new floor tiles, lighting, seating and heating with work expected to be complete by the end of 2009.

Services

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.

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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Station information from Merseyrail