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