Moss Side railway station

Railway station in England

Moss Side

General information
Location| Moss Side, Fylde
England
Coordinates| 53°45′54″N 2°56′34″W﻿ / ﻿53.7649°N 2.9429°W﻿ / 53.7649; -2.9429
Grid reference| SD379302
Managed by| Northern
Platforms| 1
Other information
Station code| MOS
Classification| DfT category F2
Key dates
16 February 1846| Opened
26 June 1961| Closed
21 November 1983| Re-opened[1]
Passengers
2018/19|  2,800
2019/20|  3,692
2020/21|  482
2021/22|  2,112
2022/23|  3,416

Location

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Moss Side railway station is on the Blackpool South-to-Preston line, in Lancashire, England. It is located in Moss Side, a hamlet where the B5259 (Lytham to Wrea Green) road crosses the railway at a level crossing. It is managed by Northern, which operates all passenger services that call there.

When the station opened in 1846, it was at first called Kirkham Road.[2]

In 1961, Moss Side was closed, along with Wrea Green station in the neighbouring (larger) village. It was an easy task to reopen the station as (unlike at Wrea Green) the platforms had never been removed after closure. Moss Side station, therefore, was reopened in 1983, with the aid of a grant from Lancashire County Council.[3]

The old station signal box was closed in the same year when the crossing over Lytham Road was automated, with the track being singled three years later. All trains now use the old eastbound platform, with the other still intact but overgrown.

Facilities here are basic (just a waiting shelter, timetable information board and bench seats) and it is the only station on the line not to be fitted with a ticket machine to date. The old station house is now privately owned.

## Services

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Low usage has not led to reductions in service – all trains still call at Moss Side (this may be explained by the need for trains to stop for the automatic barrier crossing). There is an hourly service in each direction all week (including Sundays), westwards to Blackpool South and eastwards to Preston and Colne.[4]

## See also

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* Public transport in the Fylde

## References

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1. ^ Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association--A look back over the years Archived 24 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 17 October 2007
2. ^ Martin Ramsbottom & Clive Pickup (1996). The Preston to Wyre Railway: The Lytham and Poulton Branches and The Blackpool & Lytham Line. Kirkham, Lancashire: Hedgehog Historical Publications. ISBN 978-1898062035.
3. ^ Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association--Moss Side Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30 October 2007
4. ^ GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 102 (Network Rail)

## External links

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* Train times and station information for Moss Side railway station from National Rail

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Lytham

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Blackpool South Branch Line

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Kirkham and Wesham

| Disused railways  |
Lytham
(Station Road) |  | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Lytham Branch Line (until 1874) |  | Wrea Green
Lytham
(Ballam Road) |  | Blackpool and Lytham Railway
(after 1874) |

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Railway stations in Lancashire

West Coast Main Line|

* Euxton Balshaw Lane
* Leyland
* Preston
* Lancaster

Kirkby branch line|

* Upholland

Manchester–Southport line|

* Appley Bridge
* Parbold
* Hoscar
* Burscough Bridge
* New Lane
* Bescar Lane

Merseyrail Northern line|

* Town Green
* Aughton Park
* Ormskirk

Ormskirk branch line|

* Ormskirk
* Burscough Junction
* Rufford
* Croston
* Preston

Blackpool branch lines|

* Preston
* Salwick
* Kirkham and Wesham
* Poulton-le-Fylde
* Layton
* Blackpool North
* Moss Side
* Lytham
* Ansdell and Fairhaven
* St Annes-on-the-Sea
* Squires Gate
* Blackpool Pleasure Beach
* Blackpool South

Manchester–Preston line|

* Adlington
* Chorley
* Buckshaw Parkway
* Leyland
* Preston

Ribble Valley line|

* Entwistle
* Darwen
* Blackburn
* Ramsgreave and Wilpshire
* Langho
* Whalley
* Clitheroe

East Lancashire line|

* Preston
* Lostock Hall
* Bamber Bridge
* Pleasington
* Cherry Tree
* Mill Hill
* Blackburn
* Rishton
* Church & Oswaldtwistle
* Accrington
* Huncoat
* Hapton
* Rose Grove
* Burnley Barracks
* Burnley Central
* Brierfield
* Nelson
* Colne

Calder Valley line|

* Burnley Manchester Road
* Accrington
* Blackburn
* Preston
* Poulton-le-Fylde
* Blackpool North

Leeds–Morecambe line|

* Wennington
* Carnforth
* Lancaster
* Bare Lane
* Morecambe
* Heysham Port

Furness line|

* Lancaster
* Carnforth
* Silverdale

Heritage railways|

* Irwell Vale
* Rawtenstall
* Preston Riverside

Disused stations

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Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Fylde

Transport|

* Blackpool branch lines
* Blackpool Airport
* Freckleton air disaster
* Lytham rail crash
* Lytham St. Annes Corporation Tramways
* Preston & Wyre Railway
* Public transport in the Fylde
* Singleton Bank rail crash

Railway stations|

* Ansdell and Fairhaven
* Kirkham and Wesham
* Lytham
* Moss Side
* St Annes-on-the-Sea
* Salwick
* Squires Gate

Disused stations|

* Gillett's Crossing Halt
* Lytham (Station Road)
* Singleton
* Wrea Green

Education|

* AKS Lytham
* Blackpool and The Fylde College
* Carr Hill High School
* King Edward VII and Queen Mary School
* Kirkham Grammar School
* Lowther College
* Lytham St Annes High School
* St Annes College Grammar School
* St Bede's Catholic High School

Sport|

* AFC Fylde
* BAE Warton Rugby
* Church Road Ground
* Fylde Rugby Club
* Lytham St Annes Hockey Club
* Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
* 1961 Ryder Cup
* 1977 Ryder Cup
* Lytham Trophy
* Woodlands Memorial Ground

Arts|

* Lytham Academy of Theatre Arts

Politics|

* Council elections
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011

* Constituencies: Fylde
* Fylde South

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