Mossbridge railway station

Former railway station in England

53°34′02″N 3°00′49″W / 53.5671°N 3.0135°W / 53.5671; -3.0135Grid referenceSD330083Platforms2[1]Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companySouthport & Cheshire Lines Extension RailwayPre-groupingCheshire Lines CommitteePost-groupingCheshire Lines CommitteeKey dates5 April 1886Station opened as "Barton & Halsall"1 August 1894Renamed "Mossbridge"1 January 1917Station closed to passengers[2]December 1928Station closed completely[3]
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Merseyside Lines
 Southport Lord Street
Birkdale Palace
Up arrow to Southport
 Ainsdale
Ainsdale Beach
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Freshfield
Barton
Mossbridge
Hillhouse Junction
 Altcar and Hillhouse
Lydiate
Sefton and Maghull
Up arrow to Ormskirk
 Old Roan
Aintree Junction
Southport Junction
 Aintree Central
Aintree
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Orrell Park
Walton
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Fazakerley Junctions
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Huskisson
Clubmoor
West Derby
Knotty Ash & Stanley
Broad Green
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Gateacre
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St James
Brunswick
(original)
Egerton Street Junction
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St Michaels
Otterspool
Aigburth
Cressington
Garston
Liverpool South Parkway
Hunts Cross West Junction
 Hunts Cross

Mossbridge railway station was located on Downholland Moss at Moss Lane, Haskayne, Lancashire, England. The Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway (SCLER) opened Mossbridge on 5 April 1886 as "Barton & Halsall".[3]

A short distance north of the station the line crossed Downholland Brook by a substantial bridge.[4]

The station closed in 1917, along with all other stations on the extension line, as a World War I economy measure. Unlike all the others, however, Mossbridge never reopened to passengers.

This part of the SCLER now forms part of the Trans Pennine Trail.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Altcar and Hillhouse   Cheshire Lines Committee
SCLER 		  Woodvale

References

  1. ^ Bolger 1984, pp. 64–65.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 29 & 164.
  3. ^ a b Bolger 1984, pp. 6–7.
  4. ^ Welbourn 2008, p. 118.

Sources

  • Bolger, Paul (1984). An Illustrated History of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Merseyside: Heyday Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-947562-00-7.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Welbourn, Nigel (2008). Liverpool and the Mersey (Lost Lines). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3190-6.

External links

  • The station and line with mileages railwaycodes
  • The station's history Disused Stations
  • The station on a 1948 O.S. map npe Maps
  • The station on an 1888-1913 Overlay OS Map National Library of Scotland
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