Mossley railway station

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Mossley
National Rail
General information
LocationMossley, Tameside
England
Grid referenceSD973020
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMSL
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1 August 1849[1]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.337 million
2019/20Decrease 0.328 million
2020/21Decrease 76,552
2021/22Increase 0.237 million
2022/23Decrease 0.199 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Mossley railway station in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, is on the Huddersfield Line 9.9 miles (16 km) north-east of Manchester Victoria and is managed by Northern, which do not provide any services to or from this station. Only TransPennine Express trains stop here.

Facilities

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The station is a small, two-platform station, with the only on-site services being a ticket office. 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.[2]

Disabled access to the station is limited, with wheelchair provision only being made for the Huddersfield to Manchester platform.[3][4] 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

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Since the May 2018 timetable change, TransPennine Express is the sole operator serving the station, despite the station still being operated by Northern Trains. TransPennine Express provide an hourly express service (including Sundays) to Huddersfield eastbound and to Stalybridge & Manchester Piccadilly westbound.[5] Except on Sundays, certain services continue eastbound to either Leeds and Hull or to York via Wakefield Kirkgate.

Passengers wishing to travel to Manchester Victoria and points west must change at Stalybridge.

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

Planned upgrade

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The Transpennine route through the station is being modernised and upgraded. It is planned as part of the upgrade that electrification of the line through the station will occur.[6]

References

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  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. ^ Mossley (Manchester) station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. ^ "Stations in line for posh new look". Tameside Advertiser. Manchester: Guardian Media Group. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Full steam ahead for Mossley station group". Tameside Advertiser. Manchester: Trinity Mirror plc. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ^ Table 38 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  6. ^ "Coming soon Transpennine Railway Upgrade". Transpennine Route Upgrade. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

Further reading

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