Southport railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Southport |
| Local authority | Sefton |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Platforms in use | 6 |
| Annual entry/exit | 1.550 million * |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | D |
| History | |
| 1855 | Opened (as Southport Chapel Street) |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Southport. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Southport railway station serves the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. It is at the end of one of the branches of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network, and at the end of the Manchester-Southport Line which runs via Wigan. The station is run by Merseyrail, however the Manchester services are operated by Northern Rail.
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[edit] History
The station was originally built as Southport Chapel Street as the terminus of the Manchester and Southport Railway in 1855, later becoming part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. At its largest it had 11 regular platforms and 2 excursion platforms. Now 6 platforms are in use, the rest having been demolished to form a car park.
The former terminal building was replaced with a shopping centre. The station concourse has a small shop in addition to toilets and a ticket office.
[edit] Services
[edit] Towards Liverpool
Merseyrail services operate every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime and every 30 minutes during evenings and on Sundays, to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central. During summer Sundays, trains operate every 15 minutes to Liverpool Central, with alternate trains (giving a service of every 30 minutes) continuing to Hunts Cross.
[edit] Towards Manchester
There are two Northern Rail services an hour via Wigan Wallgate to Manchester. Of these, one runs to Manchester Victoria and continues to Rochdale, while the other runs via Bolton to Manchester Piccadilly and continues to Manchester Airport.
[edit] Past
[edit] Towards Preston
The Liverpool line was originally built by the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway in 1848. It was followed on 9 April 1855 by the Manchester and Southport Railway with a line to Manchester via Wigan.
In July 1897 both the West Lancashire and the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railways were absorbed into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&Y). The L&Y had a large terminus at Southport Chapel Street and could see no sense in operating two termini at very close proximity. On 1.5.1901 the L&Y completed a remodeling of the approach lines to Central to allow trains to divert onto the Manchester to Southport line and into Southport Chapel Street Station. Southport Central was closed to passengers and it became a goods depot eventually amalgamating with Chapel Street depot. It survived intact well into the 1970's.
- See Southport
[edit] Towards Preston and Cheshire
Formerly, Southport was also served by two further railway lines:
- From 1882 the West Lancashire Railway operated from Southport Derby Road outside Chapel Street Station to Preston Fishergate. This line was shut in 1964. Nowadays, the towns of Southport and Preston are linked only by the (largely dual-carriageway) A565 and A59 roads.
- In 1884, another line from Southport to Liverpool was opened: the Cheshire Lines Committee's North Liverpool Extension Line from Liverpool Central to Southport Lord Street. This later became a long-distance bus terminal.
The West Lancashire Railway sponsored the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway to provide a connection to the CLC line, joining it at Altcar and Hillhouse [1]. These lines ultimately proved uncompetitive, however, and the Southport services were withdrawn in 1952.
In July 1897, both the West Lancashire and the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railways were absorbed into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&Y). The L&Y had a large terminus at Southport Chapel Street and could see no sense in operating two termini at very close proximity. On 1st May 1901 the L&Y completed a remodelling of the approach lines to Liverpool Central to allow trains to divert onto the Manchester to Southport line and into Southport Chapel Street Station. Southport Central was closed to passengers and it became a goods depot eventually amalgamating with Chapel Street depot. It survived intact well into the 1970's.
- See Southport
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Southport railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Southport railway station from Multimap.com
- Station information from Merseyrail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Birkdale | Merseyrail Northern Line |
Terminus | ||
| Meols Cop | Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line |
Terminus | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Terminus | West Lancashire Railway | St Lukes | ||
| Merseyrail Northern Line Stations | |
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| Hunts Cross – Southport Branch | |
| Hunts Cross Liverpool South Parkway Cressington Aigburth St Michaels Brunswick Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Bank Hall Bootle Oriel Road Bootle New Strand Seaforth & Litherland Waterloo Blundellsands & Crosby Hall Road Hightown Formby Freshfield Ainsdale Hillside Birkdale Southport |
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| Ormskirk Branch | |
| Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Walton Orrell Park Aintree Old Roan Maghull Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk |
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| Kirkby Branch | |
| Liverpool Central Moorfields Sandhills Kirkdale Rice Lane Fazakerley Kirkby | |
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