The station opened on 21 July 1848 as the temporary northern terminus of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, and was the first railway station in Southport.

Situated between Eastbank Street and Portland Street, it consisted of a single platform roofed over, a run-round loop, one siding, a wooden building housing the booking office and waiting rooms, a short distance out from the station was the stationmaster's house with a ticket platform.

[3] The station closed on 22 August 1851, following the completion of a permanent terminal station at Chapel Street, though the line remains open and is today used by trains on the Merseyrail Northern Line.

[3] The only remaining traces of the station are the station master's house and a ticket office, adjacent to the level crossing on Portland Street.

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