Moses Gate railway station

Moses Gate
Location
Place	Farnworth
Local authority	Bolton
Operations
Station code	MSS
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	13,653
2005/06 *	12,054
2006/07 *	13,209
2007/08 *	13,815
2008/09 *	18,274
2009/10 *	16,656
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
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 Moses Gate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Moses Gate railway station serves the Moses Gate suburb of Farnworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

It lies on the Manchester-Preston Line, though only local services run by Northern Rail call here.

Until the late 1970s (see British Rail Timetable 1973, 1974 and 1978), Moses Gate was one of the more important stations on the line between Manchester Victoria and Bolton, with Sunday service and high patronage. But due to clearance of much housing in the area, use has declined (see Strategic Rail Authority figures) although it retains an hourly service (see National Rail Timetable). Moses Gate is the nearest railway station to the village of Little Lever. The station was staffed until the early 1990s, until the arson of the station building (see photo to right).

Service

From Moses Gate there is an hourly daytime service (Monday-Saturday) until 18:47 northbound to Wigan Wallgate and southwards Manchester Victoria until 18:46.

There is only one evening service at 23:11(Monday-Friday) and 23:16 (Saturday) which goes to Wigan Wallgate via Bolton.

There is no evening service to Manchester and no Sunday service.

External links

• Train times and station information for Moses Gate railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Farnworth		Northern Rail Manchester-Preston Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Bolton

Coordinates: 53°33′23″N 2°24′06″W / 53.5563°N 2.4017°W / 53.5563; -2.4017