The Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Southport)
The Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Southport) runs for 8.5 miles between Liverpool South Parkway and Sandhills, serving 8 stations, with a top line speed of 60 mph.
See the Merseyrail Northern Line (Down Southport) on the live map
The map draws the line on its own, names every station along it, and shows the trains running on it right now.
The line in numbers
| Length | 8.5 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 9 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 8 |
| Top line speed | 60 mph |
| Passengers a year | 27.7 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Liverpool South Parkway2.2 million a year
- Cressington530,514 a year
- Aigburth597,462 a year
- St Michaels1.0 million a year
- Brunswick847,394 a year
- Liverpool Central14.8 million a year
- Moorfields6.6 million a year
- Sandhills1.0 million a year
The busiest station on the line is Liverpool Central, 14.8 million entries and exits a year and 31st busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Down Fast, Down Slow, Merseyrail Northern Line (Up Southport), Merseyrail Wirral Line (Loop), Up Fast, Up Slow.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.