Mossley railway station
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General information | |||||
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Location | Mossley, Tameside England | ||||
Grid reference | SD973020 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | MSL | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 August 1849[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.337 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.328 million | ||||
2020/21 | 76,552 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.237 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.199 million | ||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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 | Following station | ||
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Stalybridge | TransPennine Express North TransPennine | Greenfield |
Planned upgrade
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Brief History of the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway and the Micklehurst Loop". Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Mossley (Manchester) station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ^ "Stations in line for posh new look". Tameside Advertiser. Manchester: Guardian Media Group. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Full steam ahead for Mossley station group". Tameside Advertiser. Manchester: Trinity Mirror plc. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ Table 38 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ "Coming soon Transpennine Railway Upgrade". Transpennine Route Upgrade. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- "Mossley facelift". RAIL. No. 297. EMAP National Publications. 29 January – 11 February 1997. p. 15. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.
External links
[edit]- Train times and station information for Mossley railway station from National Rail