Manchester to Southport Line

Manchester to Southport Line
Overview
System National Rail
Status Operational
Locale

Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Merseyside

North West England
Operation
Owner Network Rail
Technical
Track gauge Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Manchester–Southport Line
Legend
Southport
  Merseyrail Northern Line
Southport Central closed 1901
Southport Ash Street closed 1902
St Luke's
Blowick
  to Preston
Meols Cop
Butts Lane Halt closed 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 ( Deansgate-Castlefield)
Salford Central
Manchester Oxford Road
Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Victoria
    & Manchester Exchange (closed)
  Caldervale, Hope Valley & Oldham
  WCML, Huddersfield & Glossop

† NOT served by this line on Sundays

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.

Stations

There is ongoing feasibility into the conversion of parts of this line (Wigan - Atherton - Manchester) to operate as a Manchester Metrolink service[1] with a higher frequency metro service for the Greater Manchester Boroughs of Wigan and Salford into the city centre. Southport and Kirkby services on this line would be diverted to operate through Wigan via Bolton and onto Manchester.

References

External links

Manchester Metrolink extension & conversion proposals