Mossley Hill railway station

Mossley Hill National Rail
Location
Place Mossley Hill
Local authority Liverpool
Coordinates 53°22′44″N 2°54′54″W / 53.379°N 2.915°W / 53.379; -2.915Coordinates: 53°22′44″N 2°54′54″W / 53.379°N 2.915°W / 53.379; -2.915
Grid reference SJ392873
Operations
Station code MSH
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 4
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  111,054
2005/06 Increase 137,434
2006/07 Decrease 133,128
2007/08 Increase 134,220
2008/09 Increase 305,136
2009/10 Decrease 275,158
2010/11 Increase 296,714
2011/12 Increase 302,056
2012/13 Decrease 289,712
2013/14 Decrease 242,950
2014/15 Increase 254,434
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Zone C1
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mossley Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Mossley Hill railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool in the north west of England. The station is operated by Northern.

It and Allerton were the only stations opened on 15 February 1864 when the St Helens Railway's (taken over by the LNWR from 29 July 1864) extension from Speke to Edge Hill opened. The station was replaced from 13 July 1891, when the Edge Hill to Speke line was quadrupled.[1]

The station was renamed from Mossley Hill for Aigburth to Mossley Hill on 6 May 1974.[2]

Like West Allerton (preceding south) there are 4 platforms, 2 of which, platforms 1 and 2, are located on the fast lines and are where most trains stop. 3 & 4 are on the slow lines and are used infrequently, mainly where faster services (Virgin West Coast, First TransPennine Express and most London Midland) are booked to overtake stopping services on this stretch of line (this is most common in the Liverpool-bound direction).

The ticket office is on a road bridge. Ramps lead down to the two island platforms, which have basic shelters and seats.

North of the station, on the route towards Edge Hill are the sites – still identifiable where the line crosses roads – of the former Sefton Park and Wavertree stations.

Services

The station is currently served by local stopping trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road operated by Northern. These call every half-hour in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays during the day - one eastbound train each hour stops at all stations to Warrington Central then runs limited stop west of there whilst the other is limited stop to Warrington but then serves most local stops thereafter. The frequency drops to hourly in the evening and on Sundays. Services to Crewe and Birmingham New Street no longer stop here in the current (2015-16) timetable, though convenient connections are available at Liverpool South Parkway.[3]

The station is served by local buses.

References

  1. ↑ Railway Magazine March 1959 p. 195
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Tables 89 & 91 (Network Rail)
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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Edge Hill   Northern
Liverpool to Manchester Line (south)		   West Allerton
Disused railways
Edge Lane   Canada Dock Branch
Olive Mount chord		   Terminus
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