[2] The LC&SR line was extended on 5 August 1851 to the current station which opened as Southport Chapel Street.

[9] The L&Y had a large terminus at Southport Chapel Street and could see no sense in operating two termini at very close proximity.

[12] The Preston line was closed to passengers on 7 September 1964,[13] although a small section to Hesketh Park station was used for freight until 1967.

Nowadays, the towns of Southport and Preston are linked only by the (largely dual-carriageway) A565 and A59 roads.

[citation needed] Remains of the signal box, carriage & wagon works & substation are still visible today.

[citation needed] A new M to Go shop opened in 2007, incorporating a ticket office, and the station itself underwent a £3.5 million renovation project which included a renewed roof, new lighting, glazed screens, floor tiles and toilets, plus a retail unit.

[16] Monday to Saturday, trains depart every 15 minutes to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central.

The basic pattern was 2tph to Manchester Victoria via Wigan Wallgate and Atherton, which then continued to Rochdale and then alternately to Blackburn via the East Lancashire Line or Leeds via Brighouse.

Direct services to stations on the Atherton line no longer run and passengers wishing to travel towards Rochdale and further east have to change at Wigan Wallgate.

From the December 2022 timetable change, services to Alderley Edge stopped and now terminate at Manchester Oxford Road.