Moorside railway station

Moorside
Location
Place	Swinton
Local authority	Salford
Operations
Station code	MSD
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	24,750
2005/06 *	25,847
2006/07 *	23,171
2007/08 *	22,373
2008/09 *	31,910
2009/10 *	35,358
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Opened 1888 (1888)
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Moorside from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Moorside railway station is located in the Moorside and Wardley areas of Swinton, near Manchester, England. The station stands on Moorside Road close to the junction with Chorley Road (A6), Swinton.

Moorside is one of the local stations that lie on the Atherton line, between Wigan and Manchester. The station is located 6½ miles (10 km) west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Rail services to these towns as well as Salford, Walkden, Atherton and Hindley.

Until 6 May 1974 the railway station was named Moorside & Wardley, becoming Moorside on that date.^[1]

Moorside is the least used station on the Atherton Line.

Service

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is generally an hourly service southbound towards Manchester Victoria and northbound towards Wigan Wallgate & Kirkby respectively. Additional trains call during the weekday peak period, which operate on the Manchester–Wigan–Southport service.

Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria and Wigan.

There is no Sunday service and at first it was thought that this would not change with the reintroduction of Sunday trains on the line from 23 May 2010. On 1 March 2010 however Northern Rail announced that Sunday trains would stop at Moorside.

References

1. ^ Slater, J.N., ed (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923. 

External links

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

[v · d · e]Salford Lines (Past, present and future)

Legend To Wigan To Bolton Little Hulton To Wigan Ellenbrook;Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level To Warrington Moorside; To Bolton Barton Moss;Worsley Swinton;Dixon Fold Patricroft;Monton Green Pendlebury;To Bury Irlams-o'-th'-Height Eccles;Eccles Clifton Junction Ladywell Agecroft Bridge Weaste;Weaste Langworthy;Seedley Pendleton Bridge MediaCityUK;Broadway Cross Lane; Pendleton Harbour City Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane; Oldfield Road To Manchester (Metrolink) Ordsall Chord (proposed) To Manchester (Deansgate) Salford Central To Manchester (Victoria)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Walkden		Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line Mondays-Sundays		Swinton
Walkden		Northern Rail Manchester-Kirkby Mondays-Sundays		Swinton

Coordinates: 53°30′59″N 2°21′09″W / 53.5163°N 2.3526°W / 53.5163; -2.3526