Mossley Hill railway station

Mossley Hill
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Location
Place	Mossley Hill
Local authority	Liverpool
Coordinates
Grid reference	SJ392873
Operations
Station code	MSH
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	4
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	111,054
2005/06	137,434
2006/07	133,128
2007/08	134,220
2008/09	305,136
2009/10	275,158
2010/11	296,714
2011/12	302,056
2012/13	289,712
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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 Rail.

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.

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

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

There is a service between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road operated by Northern Rail. The station is served by local buses.

External links

• Train times and station information for Mossley Hill railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Edge Hill		Northern Rail Liverpool to Manchester Line (south)		West Allerton
	Disused railways
Edge Lane		Canada Dock Branch Olive Mount chord		Terminus