Liverpool Lime Street Prepares to Welcome Grand National Attendees this April

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Rail passengers travelling to Liverpool Lime Street and Aintree for the Grand National 2025 are being given top tips to help them get off to a winning start when the world-famous horse racing festival returns this Thursday. 

With bumper crowds expected to travel to Aintree between 4-6 April, railway racegoers are encouraged to: 

  • Allow extra time to catch your train home – later services will be extremely busy with queuing systems in place. 

  • Remember Network Rail's motto of ‘be safe, be patient, be kind’ when travelling. 

It's hoped this trio of tips will help racegoers stay ahead of the herd and avoid a fall at the first fence. 

Last year more than 103,000 journeys were made to and from Aintree over the three days, and this year will be no exception. 

Rachel Rahbarzare, Liverpool Lime Street's station manager, said:“We’re really looking forward to welcoming Grand National-goers back to Liverpool Lime Street and helping them travel safely to and from Aintree.

“I’ve got three top tips for passengers travelling to Aintree: plan ahead and know what train you want to catch before the day of the races. Allow more time than you might do usually to get on the train – there will probably be queues. And finally, please respect each other and our staff while travelling. We want everyone to safely enjoy their rail journey to and from the races free from any bad behaviour.” 

Suzanne Grant, chief commercial officer and deputy managing director at Merseyrail, said:  “We are thrilled to once again provide a special timetable for The Randox Grand National 2025 Festival. As one of the biggest events in the Liverpool City Region calendar, Merseyrail is proud to play such an important role in ensuring people have a great day at the races”. 

Additional staff will be on hand at Liverpool Lime Street station to help passengers over the weekend from Thursday 3 April until Saturday 5 April. 

The station team has been planning for weeks to get ready for the thousands of extra passengers expected. 

A queuing system may be in use for people to safely board trains, to avoid any jockeying for position. 

Merseyrail trains are running every 7½ minutes between Liverpool City Centre and Aintree before the start and after the finish of the races on each day of the festival. Find travel information and timetable changes on theMerseyrail website. 

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