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  manager Merseyrail
  locale Southport
  borough Sefton
  pte Merseytravel
  zone D
  exits 1081
  platforms 5
  start 1850


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 .


HISTORY


The station was originally built as Southport Chapel Street as the terminus of the Manchester And Southport Railway in the 1850 s, later becoming part of the Lancashire And Yorkshire Railway .


SERVICES


Towards Liverpool

units stand in platforms two and three.]]
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 .




Towards Manchester

-liveried Class 156 stands in Platform 5.]]
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 .




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