Manchester-Southport Line

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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

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

Northern Rail network map

edit 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 Lines · 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