Southport Branch (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and East Lancashire Railway Joint)






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Burscough to Southport

Flex unit 769431, working from Southport to Alderley Edge, is on diesel power as it passes over the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on ...
Mark Bartlett 24/08/2021
It has been a long time coming but 17 May 2021 saw the introduction into passenger service of the Class 769 Flex trains for Northern. 769s were ...
John McIntyre 17/05/2021
A Northern Sprinter, substituting for a Flex unit, heads for Southport with a service from Alderley Edge on 24th August 2021. After a long level ...
Mark Bartlett 24/08/2021
At first glance an unremarkable picture, but it was snapped from a Sprinter heading for Ormskirk as it crossed the Wigan to Southport line on 10th ...
Mark Bartlett 12/08/2022
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It is nearly fifty years since the Down platform at New Lane was relocated to allow the level crossing to be automated and the signal box closed. ...
Mark Bartlett 13/09/2021
I remember New Lane Swing Bridge as a wooden structure, opened by hand, but these days it is a motorised steel affair, with a much higher weight limit ...
Mark Bartlett 13/09/2021
On a wet evening, 67020 approaches Crabtree LC between New Lane and Burscough Bridge with a Southport to Euston special charter in connection with the ...
John McIntyre 21/07/2017
The treadle for the barriers at New Lane is just beyond the crossing so that they will rise even when a four coach train is standing in the platform. ...
Mark Bartlett 13/09/2021
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Flex hybrid unit 769431 hurries through Bescar Lane with an Oxford Road to Southport service on 24th May 2023. The stanchions of the old Southport ...
Mark Bartlett 24/05/2023
150122 leads a Manchester bound four-car Sprinter non-stop through the staggered platforms of rural Bescar Lane on 14th August 2020. The local ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
The disused Southport bound platform at Bescar Lane, viewed from the level crossing in August 2020. Platforms here were staggered to allow the ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
The 'Friends of Bescar Lane' have done a splendid job with the floral displays at this rural station. 150125 is on the rear of a Southport to ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
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After travelling on straight track for many miles, trains heading for Southport face this slight 'dog leg' at the site of Pool Hey Junction. The ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020
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Northern's Class 769 769456 stands at Southport with the 11.16 to Alderley Edge. The Class 769 were originally Class 319 but are now modified with ...
Don Chattwood 24/09/2022
Pioneer Class 507 3rd Rail EMU 507001 is seen departing from Southport at 14.34 with the delayed 14.27 2U36 service to Hunts Cross on 14 July 2023. On ...
David Pesterfield 14/07/2023
Following the most recent timetable change, the Southport to Alderley Edge services have been cut back to Manchester Oxford Road. The other trains ...
Mark Bartlett 15/03/2023
Pioneer Class 507 3rd Rail EMU 507001 is seen departing from Southport station with the slightly delayed 14.27 2U36 Merseyrail working to Hunts Cross ...
David Pesterfield 14/07/2023
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St Luke^s Junction to Southport South Junction