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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 and services to Liverpool and Hunts Cross are run by Merseyrail , and Manchester services are operated by Northern Rail . HISTORY The Liverpool line was originally built in 1848 by the Liverpool, Crosby And Southport Railway to a temporary station at Eastbank Street, about half a mile short of the current terminus. The current station site opened as Southport Chapel Street on 9 April 1855 for the Manchester And Southport Railway with a line to Manchester via Wigan . From 1882 the West Lancashire Railway to Preston Fishergate Hill operated from Southport Derby Road (later known as Southport Central) outside Chapel Street Station. In 's (CLC) North Liverpool Extension Line from Liverpool Central to Southport Lord Street . The West Lancashire Railway sponsored the Liverpool, Southport And Preston Junction Railway to provide a connection to the CLC line, joining it at . These lines ultimately proved uncompetitive, however, and the Southport services were withdrawn in 1952 .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 1 May 1901 the L&Y completed a remodelling of the approach lines to Southport 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 1970s. The Preston line was shut in 1964 . Nowadays, the towns of Southport and Preston are linked only by the (largely dual-carriageway) A565 and A59 roads. At its largest, Chapel Street station had eleven regular platforms and two excursion platforms. Now six truncated platforms are in use, the rest having been demolished to form a car park. In the 1970s 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. Work has now begun on a new 'M to Go' shop to replace both the shop and the ticket office, with opening expected in September 2007. SERVICES Towards Liverpool units stand in platforms two and three.]] Merseyrail services operate every 15 minutes during Mondays to Saturdays daytime and every 30 minutes on winter 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 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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