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Manchester–Southport line

Manchester–Southport line
Meols Cop
Butts Lane Halt
Blowick
Bescar Lane §
New Lane §
Burscough Bridge
Burscough Curves
Hoscar §
Parbold
TfGM limit
Appley Bridge
Gathurst
Wigan North Western
Wigan Wallgate
Ince §
Wigan Springs Branch
Wigan Avoiding Line
Hindley
Daisy Hill
LNWR to Bolton
Hag Fold
Atherton
LNWR to Bolton
Walkden
Moorside
Swinton
Pendlebury
Bury branch
Irlams o' th' Height
Pendleton
Salford Crescent
Oldfield Road
Salford Central §
│
Manchester Oxford Road
Manchester Piccadilly

§ Not served by this line on Sundays

The Manchester–Southport line is a railway line in the north-west of England, operated by Northern Trains. It was originally built as the Manchester and Southport Railway. The section between Wigan and Salford is also known locally as the Atherton Line.

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-western direction through the towns, villages and suburbs 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.