Southport railway station

Southport
Southport Railway Station, June 2012
General information
Location	Southport, Sefton, England
Coordinates	53°38′49″N 3°00′07″W / 53.647°N 3.002°W / 53.647; -3.002
Grid reference	SD338171
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	SOP
Fare zone	D1
Classification	DfT category D
History
Original company	Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 August 1851 (1851-08-05)	Opened as Southport Chapel Street
5 May 1969	Renamed Southport
Passengers
2018/19	4.272 million
Interchange	65,271
2019/20	4.711 million
Interchange	37,087
2020/21	1.267 million
Interchange	4,401
2021/22	3.094 million
Interchange	13,212
2022/23	3.340 million
Interchange	16,208
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Southport/Aintree lines
Legend
West Lancashire Rly to Preston Meols Cop Ash Street Butts Lane Halt Southport Central Southport London Street St Luke's Southport Chapel Street Southport Lord Street Manchester–Southport line Birkdale Palace Kew Gardens Ainsdale Beach Heathey Lane Halt Ainsdale Shirdley Hill New Cut Lane Halt Liverpool, Crosby & Southport Railway Halsall Woodvale Plex Moss Lane Halt Mossbridge Barton Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Rly Liverpool, Southport & Preston Junction Rly Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Northern line to Ormskirk Sefton and Maghull Old Roan Aintree (CLC) Aintree (L&Y) Northern line to Kirkby Ford North Mersey Branch Aintree Racecourse Fazakerley Aintree (L&Y) Orrell Park Northern line to Liverpool Northern line to Liverpool North Liverpool Extension Line

Southport railway station serves the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. The station is the terminal of the electricified Southport branch of the Northern Line of the electric Merseyrail network and the diesel-operated Manchester-Southport Line. It is the fourth busiest station on the Merseyrail network.^[1] The station and services to Liverpool and Hunts Cross are operated by Merseyrail, with Manchester services operated by Northern Trains.