Mossley railway station

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

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.

Mossley
General information
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
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Railway lines in Tameside
Legend
Oldham Lines to Oldham Oldham Lines to Saddleworth Mossley Micklehurst Loop Park Bridge Micklehurst Oldham Road Staley and Millbrook Manchester Lines North to Manchester Victoria Stalybridge Droylsden Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw (1st station) Ashton Moss Audenshaw Dukinfield and Ashton Droylsden Dukinfield Central Cemetery Road Metrolink to Manchester Piccadilly Guide Bridge Audenshaw (2nd station) Fairfield Manchester Lines South to Hyde Road Flowery Field Manchester Lines North to Manchester Piccadilly Hyde North Denton Hyde Central Stockport Lines to Stockport Newton for Hyde to Marple Godley Hattersley Broadbottom Glossop lines to Glossop & Hadfield

Facilities

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

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
Stalybridge		TransPennine Express North TransPennine		Greenfield

Planned upgrade

Main article: Transpennine Route Upgrade

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

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

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

External links

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

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