Moston railway station

Moston
Moston railway station, looking south
Location
Place	Moston
Local authority	Manchester
Grid reference	SD887029
Operations
Station code	MSO
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	0.134 million
2013/14	0.126 million
2014/15	82,486
2015/16	71,732
2016/17	68,174
History
February 1872	Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Moston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Moston railway station in Moston, Manchester, England, is 4 miles (6 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line managed by Northern.

Moston station opened in February 1872.^[1] It is on Hollinwood Avenue, in New Moston, and is unstaffed, the station buildings having been demolished in the late 1990s. Tickets must be purchased on the train.

Services

On Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is now a half-hourly service in operation here once again. Train operator Arriva Rail North (under the brand name Northern) had committed to reinstate the 30-minute frequency as part of its successful 2015 franchise bid.^[2] Previous operator Serco-Abellio had cut the off-peak frequency here to hourly in May 2014. Northbound trains now run to Rochdale, where connections are available for stations further afield, and southbound trains run to Manchester Victoria and thence to Bolton, Blackburn and Clitheroe (alternate trains only).^[3]

On Sundays the Southport - Wigan Wallgate - Manchester - Blackburn - Clitheroe service calls hourly each way.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Manchester Victoria		Northern Caldervale Line or Todmorden/Rochdale-Kirkby/Wigan Wallgate		Mills Hill
	Historical railways
Newton Heath Line open, station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway		Middleton Junction Line open, station closed

Gallery

• 
  Moston railway station, looking north
• 
  Platform 2, in 1989

Notes

References

• Bairstow, Martin. The Manchester and Leeds Railway.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moston railway station.

• Train times and station information for Moston railway station from National Rail

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Coordinates: 53°31′24″N 2°10′16″W / 53.52333°N 2.17111°W / 53.52333; -2.17111