Southport train station

You can reach 54 stations directly from Southport on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ainsdale, with 288 trains a day.

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• 54 direct destinations
• 142nd busiest in Britain
• Staffed full time
• Step-free throughout
• 14 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Southport

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 14 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Southport

Southport is on the Manchester to Southport Line and the Northern Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Southport station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Southport station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.

How busy Southport station is

3,788,568 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 142nd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 14,712 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Southport and Liverpool Central than any other pair: 587,260 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 33 stations instead of 54, a drop of about 39%. Saturday runs to 46.

Nearest other stations

• Birkdale 1.0 miles
• Meols Cop 1.1 miles
• Hillside 2.0 miles
• Ainsdale 3.5 miles
• Bescar Lane 4.0 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Southport, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Southport London Street · 0.2 miles
• Southport Central · 0.2 miles
• Southport Eastbank Street · 0.4 miles
• Southport Lord Street · 0.4 miles
• Southport Ash Street · 0.6 miles
• St Luke's · 0.6 miles

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Facilities at Southport station

Southport is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday: 05:28 to 00:37 · Sunday: 07:43 to 00:37

Toilets

Cycle parking: 280 spaces (sheltered, compounds).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 17 September 2025.

Getting to Southport station

Southport station is in Sefton, North West, and is run by Merseyrail.

The nearest motorway junction is M58 J1 (Maghull Lane Interchange), 9.9 miles south-east.

14 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Southport Interchange.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Southport station elsewhere

• National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
• Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
• Wikipedia the station's history
• OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from

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