Moston railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Moston

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Moston railway station, looking south in 2008.jpg

| caption = A Class 142 of Northern Rail calls at the station bound for Manchester Victoria in 2008.

| borough = Moston, Manchester

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SD887029|25|SD887029}}

| manager = Northern

| platforms = 2

| code = MSO

| classification = DfT category F2

| years = February 1872

| events = Station opened

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 88,612}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 27,374}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 54,432}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 61,774}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 94,478}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

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.{{harvnb|Butt|1995|p=164}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://maps.dft.gov.uk/northern/index.html |title=Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724064421/http://maps.dft.gov.uk/northern/index.html |archive-date=24 July 2019 |url-status=dead }} Previous operator Serco-Abellio had cut the off-peak frequency here to hourly in May 2014. Northbound trains now run to {{rws|Rochdale}}, where connections are available for stations further afield, and southbound trains run to Manchester Victoria and thence to Bolton, {{rws|Blackburn}} and {{rws|Clitheroe}} (alternate trains only).{{NRtimes|May 2023|103}}

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

{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Manchester Victoria}}|next={{stnlnk|Mills Hill}}|route=Northern
Caldervale Line or
Todmorden/Rochdale-Kirkby/Wigan Wallgate |col={{Northern colour}} }}

{{rail line |previous=Newton Heath
Line open, station closed |next=Middleton Junction
Line open, station closed |route=Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |col={{LYR colour}} }}

Gallery

File:Moston railway station, looking north in 2008.jpg|Moston railway station, looking north

File:Moston Station Peter-Whatley.jpg|Platform 2, in 1989

Notes

References

{{cite book |title=The Manchester and Leeds Railway |first=Martin |last=Bairstow }}
{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 }}

External links

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Category:Railway stations in Manchester

Category:DfT Category F2 stations

Category:Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1872

Category:Railway stations served by Northern