Manchester-Southport Line

The Manchester to Southport Line is a railway line in the north-west of England, operated by Northern Rail, it was originally built as the Manchester and Southport Railway.

Starting at the city centre stations of Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria, it runs in a north-westerly direction through the suburbs and centres of the city of Salford and Wigan. It then proceeds in the same direction through the small rural villages of West Lancashire, before ending on the Irish Sea coast at the resort town of Southport

Stations

• Southport - terminus, interchange for Northern Line services to south Sefton and Liverpool
• Meols Cop - suburban stop for eastern Southport
• Bescar Lane - village (cottage-style) stop for North Meols
• New Lane - village stop, also for Martin Mere
• Burscough Bridge - town stop, pedestrian interchange to Burscough Junction on Preston to Ormskirk branch line.
• Hoscar - village stop for Hoscar and Lathom
• Parbold - for village of Parbold
• Appley Bridge - suburban stop for Appley Bridge and western Wigan. Western boundary for GMPTE ticketing zone
• Gathurst - single-platform stop for outskirts of Wigan
• Wigan Wallgate - main stop for town of Wigan, interchange for services to Kirby, Bolton and Rochdale. Pedestrian interchange to Wigan North Western for services to Birmingham, Glasgow and London.
• Ince - suburban stop for eastern Wigan
• Hindley - suburban stop for eastern Wigan
• Daisy Hill - suburban stop
• Hag Fold - suburban stop
• Atherton - stop for town of Atherton
• Walkden - stop for Walkden and Worsley
• Moorside - suburban stop
• Swinton - stop for town of Swinton
• Salford Crescent - main stop for city of Salford, interchange for services to Bolton and Preston line and Ribble Valley Line services to Blackburn
• Salford Central - main stop for city of Salford and the University of Salford, and for some districts of western Manchester
• Manchester Victoria - main stop for city of Manchester, and interchange for trans-pennine services and services to south Lancashire and Merseyside. Metrolink tram interchange to Manchester Piccadilly railway station for mainline intercity services.

External links

• Northern Rail network map

Railway lines in Northern England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   East Coast Main Line   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line  Chester-Manchester Line    Hope Valley Line   Liverpool-Manchester Line    Manchester-Preston Line   Settle-Carlisle Railway
Commuter lines:	Airedale Line Blackburn-Bolton Line   Caldervale Line   Mid-Cheshire Line   Dearne Valley Line    East Lancashire Line   Glossop Line   Hallam Line   Harrogate Line   Huddersfield Line Kirkby Branch Line    Lancaster-Heysham Line   Leeds-Bradford Lines   Liverpool-Wigan Line    Manchester Airport Line    Manchester-Southport Line   Northern Line   Oldham Loop Line   Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line    Ormskirk Branch Line   Pontefract Line   Sheffield-Hull Line   Sheffield-Lincoln Line   Stockport-Stalybridge Line    Wakefield Line   Wharfedale Line   Wirral Line   York & Selby Lines  York-Scarborough Line
Rural lines:	Barton Line   Borderlands Line   Buxton Line   Cumbrian Coast Line   Doncaster-Lincoln Line    Durham Coast Line   Esk Valley Line   Tees Valley Line   Furness Line   Hull-York Line     Oxenholme-Windermere Line   Penistone Line   Ribble Valley Line   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway    Yorkshire Coast Line