- Moston railway station
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Moston 
Moston railway station, looking south Location Place Moston Local authority Manchester Operations Station code MSO Managed by Northern Rail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 48,733 2005/06 * 52,205 2006/07 * 51,573 2007/08 * 57,546 2008/09 * 76,762 History February 1872 Station opened National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Moston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Moston railway station serves Moston in Greater Manchester, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line managed by Northern Rail.
Moston station opened in February 1872.[1] It is located on Hollinwood Avenue, in New Moston. It is unstaffed, the station buildings having been demolished in the late 1990s. Tickets must be purchased on the train.
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Services
On Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Manchester Victoria and Rochdale northbound. Alternate Manchester trains continue onwards to Salford Crescent, Bolton and Wigan, whilst there is now also an hourly service beyond Rochdale to Todmorden, Dewsbury and Leeds on the Caldervale Line.
In the evenings and on Sundays there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria and Leeds via Bradford.
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Moston railway station, looking north
Notes
References
- Bairstow, Martin. The Manchester and Leeds Railway.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
External links
- Train times and station information for Moston railway station from National Rail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Manchester Victoria
towards BoltonNorthern Rail
Caldervale LineMills Hill
towards RochdaleManchester Victoria
TerminusNorthern Rail
Caldervale LineMills Hill
towards LeedsHistorical railways Newton Heath
Line open, station closedL&YR Middleton Junction
Line open, station closedManchester Lines - City Centre and North, (Past, Present and Future) LegendTo Bury 
To Rochdale Moston 
To Oldham Bowker Vale 
Newton Heath 
Newton Heath and Moston 
Crumpsall 
Central Park 
To Tameside Abraham Moss;Monsall Clayton Bridge Woodlands Road Park Queens Road 
To Tameside Miles Platting 
Edge Lane 
Clayton Oldham Road 
Sportcity-Velodrome Manchester Victoria 
Holt Town/Sportcity-Stadium Exchange 
To Salford 
New Islington 
Ardwick Exchange Square/Shudehill 
Ashburys High Street; Manchester Piccadilly 
Mayfield;To South Manchester Market Street; Piccadilly Gardens 
To Belle Vue;Gorton Moseley Street;Oxford Road 
To Hyde Road St Peter's Square To Tameside Manchester Central/Deansgate-Castlefield 
Deansgate Liverpool Road 
To Salford;Cornbrook Cornbrook 
Pomona To Eccles 
Trafford Bar To Trafford 
Firswood To Trafford;To Altrincham 
To Chorlton Coordinates: 53°31′24″N 2°10′16″W / 53.52333°N 2.17111°W
Categories:- Railway stations in Manchester
- Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1872
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Greater Manchester railway station stubs
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