The Randox Grand National Festival

Trains to and from Aintree will be as follows: 

A seven-and-a-half-minute service will run between Aintree and Liverpool Central/Moorfields stations at the following times: 

• Liverpool City Centre to Aintree, from approximately 11:00 – 13:00 (before the races) 
• Aintree to Liverpool City Centre, from approximately 16:30 – 20:30 (after the races) 

Trains will run to a slightly amended 15-minute timetable. Stations between Liverpool City Centre and Ormskirk will have a 15-minute service. However, to enable extra trains to operate, Aughton Park station and Town Green station will be served by a 30-minute service. 

Customers should check the journey planner or Merseyrail app for up-to-date departure times before travelling. 

Trains will run to a slightly amended 15-minute timetable. Arrival and departure times will be different to the normal timetable.

Customers should check the journey planner or Merseyrail app for up-to-date departure times before travelling. 

Services between 11:00 and 14:00 and between 17:00 and 21:00 will start and terminate at Sandhills. Customers for Moorfields or Liverpool Central, or those making the return journey to Rice Lane, Fazakerley, Kirkby, or Headbolt Lane will have to change at Sandhills during these times.  

Customers should check the journey planner or Merseyrail app for up-to-date departure times before travelling.

All services will run to the normal timetable. Customers travelling to the festival from any Wirral line stations are advised to change at Moorfields for an Aintree-bound train.  

Customers are strongly advised to buy tickets in advance to help reduce queuing time on the day. 

These can be bought in advance from any staffed Merseyrail station, or a Day Saver can be purchased online HERE and emailed directly to you.  

Any tickets bought via Trainline.com or any other train operating companies’ websites must be printed at a Merseyrail ticket office before travel.