Manchester To Southport Line

Manchester To Southport Line

Southport Merseyrail Northern Line Southport Centralclosed 1901 Southport Ash Streetclosed 1902 St Luke's Blowick to Preston Meols Cop Butts Lane Haltclosed 1938 to Altcar Bescar Lane† New Lane† Burscough Bridge Burscough Curves Burscough Jct Preston–Ormskirk Hoscar† Parbold Appley Bridge Gathurst Manchester–Kirkby Line West Coast Main Line Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate Liverpool to Wigan Line West Coast Main Line Ince† Hindley to Bolton via Westhoughton Daisy Hill Hag Fold Atherton Walkden Moorside Swinton to Bolton Salford Crescent to Liverpool Deansgate ( ) Salford Central† Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria & Manchester Exchange(closed) Caldervale, Hope Valley & Oldham WCML, Huddersfield & Glossop

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 Victoria (also serving Salford Central on the fringe of the City Centre) and Manchester Piccadilly (also serving Manchester Oxford Road and Deansgate). It runs in a north-westerly direction through the suburbs and centres 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.