| Southport Central | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Southport, Sefton |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.6461°N -2.9972°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Original: | West Lancashire Railway |
| Pregroup: | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Events: | Station opened |
| Events1: | Station closed for passengers |
| Years2: | 3 December 1973 |
| Events2: | closed completely |
Southport Central was a railway station in Southport, Lancashire, England.
It was opened on 4 September 1882[1] as the terminus of the West Lancashire Railway from Preston; it replaced the temporary terminus at Windsor Road which had been in use since 10 June 1878.[2]
The station was designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver[3] and is also known as Southport Derby Road.
From 2 September 1887 it was also the terminus of the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway whose services to Liverpool ran over the Cheshire Lines Committee's route between Altcar and Hillhouse and, and then over the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) into .
In July 1897, both lines were absorbed into the LYR. Southport Central closed to passengers on 1 May 1901 when all services were transferred to the nearby Southport Chapel Street station. It remained in use as a goods depot until 3 December 1973.[4] The old station has subsequently been demolished and is now a supermarket car park.
. John Marshall (railway historian) . The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1 . 1969 . . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-4352-1 . 164, 166 .