Old Roan Station

I stop off at this station a fair bit. As it’s high up some steps you get a lovely view of Aintree Village from up there. Electronic boards handily show you when the next train will be.
There’s no shop here so pick up your obligatory train journey snacks from the newsagents down the road before you decide to embark on a trip.
Unfortunately the shelters are also rather pointless, as they are open to the elements and therefore on a windy day rain gets blown all over you anyway. So don’t bother to do your hair before travelling during rubbish weather as it’ll be utterly pointless.
Also, wrap up warm as this place gets very, very nippy during the colder months.

Old Road Station is situated high up above the road so to get there you have to venture up the huge amount of steep steps, or if you’re a bit lazy like me you can get the lift which gets you there in no time at all, and not flustered and out of breath.
The station is pretty much all open air apart from a couple of shelters on each side. They don’t provide much warmth but are great if a sudden downpour occurs, which it inevitably does when you’ve missed a train.
The station is clean and tidy and appears to be well maintained. You have a good view from the platform and can see the train coming in the distance for ages before it actually gets to the station.

Old Roan station is a very small train station in Aintree, a few miles north of Liverpool. I used to use this station a lot when I lived in Walton and caught the train to Asda – until I realized it was only about a mile to walk it. Waste of train fare!
There’s not really anything here, no toilets, no café, etc, but it is a neat and clean little station.