Moss Side railway station

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.

Moss Side
General information
Location	Moss Side, Fylde England
Coordinates	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
2019/20	3,692
2020/21	482
2021/22	2,112
2022/23	3,416
2023/24	3,816
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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

• Public transport in the Fylde

References

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

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lytham		Northern Blackpool South Branch Line		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)