Ainsdale railway station
Ainsdale 
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| Location | |
| Place | Ainsdale |
| Local authority | Sefton |
| Coordinates | 53°36′07″N 3°02′34″W / 53.6019°N 3.0428°WCoordinates: 53°36′07″N 3°02′34″W / 53.6019°N 3.0428°W |
| Grid reference | SD311122 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ANS |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.961 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.899 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.957 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.984 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.004 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | D1 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 24 July 1848 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ainsdale from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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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.
Ainsdale railway station opened in 1848 as an intermediate station on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. On 14 June 1855 it became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), 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).
In August 2009, electronic real-time passenger information screens were installed at a cost of £50,000, one located in the ticket office, one in the waiting room on the Southport bound platform and one on the entrance of the Hunts Cross Platform. There are no real-time passenger information screens on the platforms itself however, unlike other Merseyrail stations. The station itself has benefited from £100,000 of improvements, both platforms have had their waiting shelters refurbished, with automatic doors added, as well as lighting, heating, CCTV, floor tiles and new seating.
A new toilet building located on the Southport-bound platform was completed in May 2007. Access is by request at the ticket office.
There is a car parking for 56 vehicles, cycle racks for 6 bikes and a secure cycle storage for a further 32 bikes.
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