Aintree station serves the famous racecourse, and the station is decorated with plenty of horses. The main gate to the station car park, celebrating 150 years of the station's existence:
The station building is modern and decorated with horses:
Detail of the horses:
A plaque marking the contribution of Aintree racecourse to the station improvements:
Another, more weathered, plaque:
The rear of the station building from the platform opposite:
The platforms looking north:
Looking north towards the end of platform 1:
Looking south along platform 1:
At the south end of platform 1, steps lead up to the road bridge:
A large ramped and stepped footbridge connects the platforms:
A horseshoe motif on the footbridge:
On the footbridge looking north:
On the far side of the island platform is a disused trackbed and platform, seen here looking north from the footbridge:
Looking south along the disused track:
Looking south from the end of platform 2:
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