Moses Gate railway station in 2018, following completion of electrification works.
General information
Location
Farnworth, Bolton England
Grid reference
SD734067
Managed by
Northern
Transit authority
Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms
2
Other information
Station code
MSS
Classification
DfT category F2
Passengers
2018/19
24,308
2019/20
33,636
2020/21
13,916
2021/22
31,460
2022/23
30,918
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Moses Gate railway station serves the Moses Gate suburb of Farnworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West England.
It lies on the Manchester-Preston Line 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) south of Bolton, though only local services run by Northern call here.
Until the late 1970s, Moses Gate was one of the more important stations on the line between Manchester Victoria and Bolton, with Sunday service and high patronage.[1] 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, but the station buildings were badly damaged in an arson attack and subsequently demolished. It is now unmanned and has no ticketing facilities (passengers intending to travel must buy tickets in advance or on the train). Shelters and timetable posters are located on both platforms; though there are ramps to each platform, the National Rail Enquiries entry for the station states that it is not currently (December 2016) DDA-compliant.[2]
From early May 2015 until the December 2015 timetable change, services from the station were suspended and replaced by buses due to the ongoing modernisation work here (where the platforms have been rebuilt, ahead of planned electrification of the line) and on the route further south at Farnworth Tunnel. The station reopened on 14 December 2015.
^British Rail National Timetables 1973, 1974 and 1978 Editions
^Moses Gate station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 9 December 2016
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