Saturday 30 March 1985. The remains of the Cheshire Lines Committee's Aintree Central station, looking northwards; the former steps up to Park Lane overbridge are clearly visible. The line here opened from Liverpool Central (via the Halewood Jns) in 1879; it was extended to Southport Lord Street in 1884. Passenger services from here to Southport ceased in 1952, south of here to Halewood Jns closed to passengers in 1960. Race day trains ceased in 1966. The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's Aintree station on the Liverpool - Ormskirk - Preston line is to the right on the north side of Park Lane bridge. The track visible is the run-round loop allowing access for freight traffic into the nearby Metal Box works, it was connected into the L&YR line when the CLC closed; this traffic ceased in the early 1990s.
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