Southport Central Station

Southport Central was the southern terminus of the West Lancashire Railway (WLR) Company’s Southport & Preston Railway. Both this and Preston Station, the northern terminus, were designed by Charles H Driver in the Gothic style; Southport Central was the larger of the two. It had an imposing three-storey brick building with stone arch dressings above its ground floor doors and windows. There was a large booking hall of 40ft x 34ft, a secretary’s office on the first floor and stationmaster’s accommodation on the second. Waiting facilities were also provided. The station had two platforms: one for arrivals, the other for departures. Both platforms were 400ft long. A glazed roof with a span of 70ft and a length of 220ft, supported on 27 wrought iron pillars, covered the platforms.