Moston railway station

Moston
Moston railway station, looking south
Location
Place	Moston
Local authority	Manchester
Operations
Station code	MSO
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	48,733
2005/06 *	52,205
2006/07 *	51,573
2007/08 *	57,546
2008/09 *	76,762
2009/10 *	89,032
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 Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Moston railway station serves Moston in Greater Manchester, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line managed by Northern Rail.

Moston station opened in February 1872. It is located on Hollinwood Avenue, in New Moston. It 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 a half-hourly service to Manchester Victoria and Rochdale northbound. Alternate Manchester trains continue onwards to Salford Crescent, Bolton and Wigan, whilst there is now also an hourly service beyond Rochdale to Todmorden, Dewsbury and Leeds on the Caldervale Line.

In the evenings and on Sundays there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria and Leeds via Bradford.

Gallery

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  Moston railway station, looking north

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

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Manchester Victoria towards Bolton		Northern Rail Caldervale Line		Mills Hill towards Rochdale
Manchester Victoria Terminus		Northern Rail Caldervale Line		Mills Hill towards Leeds
	Historical railways
Newton Heath Line open, station closed		L&YR		Middleton Junction Line open, station closed

Manchester Lines - City Centre and North, (Past, Present and Future)

Legend To Bury To Rochdale Moston To Oldham Bowker Vale Newton Heath Newton Heath and Moston Crumpsall Central Park To Tameside Abraham Moss;Monsall Clayton Bridge Woodlands Road Park Queens Road To Tameside Miles Platting Edge Lane Clayton Oldham Road Velopark Manchester Victoria Holt Town;Etihad Campus Exchange To Salford New Islington Ardwick Exchange Square/Shudehill Ashburys High Street; Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield;To South Manchester Market Street; Piccadilly Gardens To Belle Vue;Gorton Moseley Street;Oxford Road To Hyde Road St Peter's Square To Tameside Manchester Central/Deansgate-Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road To Salford;Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona To Eccles Trafford Bar To Trafford Firswood To Trafford;To Altrincham To Chorlton