Mossley railway station

Mossley railway station serves the town of Mossley, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the Huddersfield Line 9.9 miles (16 km) north-east of Manchester Victoria and is managed by Northern. It is also often referred to in full as Mossley (Manchester).

For the disused Belfast and Northern Counties Railway station, see Mossley railway station (Northern Ireland).

Mossley
Location
PlaceMossley
Local authorityTameside
Grid referenceSD973020
Operations
Station codeMSL
Managed byNorthern Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.293 million
2015/16 0.306 million
2016/17 0.322 million
2017/18 0.301 million
2018/19 0.337 million
History
Key datesOpened 1 August 1849[1] (1 August 1849[2])
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mossley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Facilities

The station is a small, two-platform station, with the only on-site services being a ticket office that is staffed during weekday and Saturday mornings/early afternoons (Monday - Friday 06:45 - 14:20, Saturday 07:45 - 15:00). Outside of these times, tickets must be purchased on the train or prior to travel. There is a waiting room on the southbound platform and a waiting shelter on the northbound side. Train running details are provided by telephone and timetable posters.[3]

Disabled access to the station is limited, with wheelchair provision only being made for the Huddersfield to Manchester platform.[4][5] As the Manchester to Huddersfield platform is accessible through a single staircase, disabled passengers often find it easier to travel on to Huddersfield and then disembark at Mossley on the opposite platform when the train makes its return journey.

Services

From the May 2018 timetable change, TransPennine Express became the main operator serving the station instead of Northern. TransPennine Express provide an hourly express service (including Sundays) to Huddersfield, Leeds & Hull eastbound and to Stalybridge & Manchester Piccadilly westbound.[6] Passengers wishing to travel to Manchester Victoria and points west must change at Stalybridge.

  • Steam locomotive 777 Sir Lamiel passes through the station in 1983.
  • A First TransPennine Express Class 185 passes through the station.
  • The station buildings and footbridge.
  • The view from the station footbridge.

References
  1. "Brief History of the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway and the Micklehurst Loop". Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Brief History of the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway and the Micklehurst Loop". Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. Mossley (Manchester) station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  4. "Stations in line for posh new look". Tameside Advertiser. Manchester: Guardian Media Group. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. "Full steam ahead for Mossley station group". Tameside Advertiser. Manchester: Trinity Mirror plc. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. North Route Timetables - Major changes from 20 May 2018 Archived 8 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine TransPennine Express website news article; Retrieved 7 May 2018

Further reading
  • "Mossley facelift". RAIL. No. 297. EMAP National Publications. 29 January – 11 February 1997. p. 15. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.

 

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Stalybridge   TransPennine Express
North TransPennine		   Greenfield

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