It is an elevated station with two side platforms located at 3411 North Southport Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community area.

[3] Southport Station opened in 1907 as part of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line.

[1] In CTA's skip-stop service on the Brown Line, which was in operation from 1949 to 1995, Southport was a "B" station.

[5] Southport is part of the CTA's Brown Line, which runs between Albany Park and downtown Chicago.

Brown Line trains serve Southport between 4:00 a.m. and 2:25 a.m. on Weekdays and Saturdays, and between 5:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Sundays; trains operate every 3 to 10 minutes during rush hour, with longer headways of up to 15 minutes at night.