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Moss Side Moss Side is an inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the city centre, It had a population of 20,745 at the 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Rusholme and Fallowfield to the east, W ...

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where the B5259 (

Lytham Lytham St Annes () is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is on the Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population at the 2011 census was 42,954. The town is almost contiguous with ...

Wrea Green Wrea Green is a village in the Fylde (borough), Fylde borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about 2 miles west of Kirkham, Lancashire, Kirkham. Along with the village of Ribby, it forms the civil parish Ribby-with-Wrea. Wrea Green has approxim ...

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. It is managed by Northern, who operate all passenger services that call there. When the station opened in 1846, it was at first called Kirkham Road. In 1961 Moss Side was closed along with Wrea Green station in the neighbouring (larger) village. It was an easy task to reopen the station as (unlike at Wrea Green) the platforms had never been removed after closure. Moss Side station therefore, was reopened in 1983, with the aid of a grant from Lancashire County Council. The old station signal box was closed in the same year when the crossing over Lytham Road was automated, with the track being singled three years later. All trains now use the old eastbound platform, with the other still intact but overgrown. Facilities here are basic (just a waiting shelter, timetable information board and bench seats) and it is the only station on the line not to be fitted with a ticket machine to date. The old station house is now privately owned.

Services

Low usage has not led to reductions in service – all trains still call at Moss Side (this may be explained by the need for trains to stop for the automatic barrier crossing). There is an hourly service in each direction all week (including Sundays), westwards to Blackpool South and eastwards to and .GB eNRT May 2019 Edition, Table 97 (Network Rail)

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Railway stations in the Borough of Fylde DfT Category F2 stations Former Preston and Wyre Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1961 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1983 Northern franchise railway stations 1846 establishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub