Ashton Moss Railway Station was a short lived station on the

Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway The Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Junction Railway (OA&GB) was a British railway company, which opened in 1861, connecting Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge. The company survived until it was nationalised in 1948. Early days In 1847 the Manch ...

(OA&GB) that served the town of

Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...

. The station opened on 26 August 1861 when the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge Junction Railway opened its line from to . The station was located on Moss Lane, at the west end of the town. It had two services in each direction, one early morning, the other late evening. Only the early morning services were provided on Sundays. The station closed in 1862. Whilst most of the former OA&GB line is closed the line through the station site is still in use for freight and occasional diversions from , onto the former OA&GB line through where Ashton Moss had been then taking the south to west curve onto the former GCR line towards Manchester. The name Ashton Moss is now used by a stop in a different location on the

East Manchester Line The East Manchester Line (EML) is a tram line of the Manchester Metrolink in Greater Manchester, England, running from Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne via Droylsden and Audenshaw. The line opened in 2013 as part of phase three of the system's exp ...

of the

Manchester Metrolink Manchester Metrolink (branded locally simply as Metrolink) is a tram/ light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network has 99 stops along of standard-gauge route, making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Ki ...

to Ashton-under-Lyne. __NOTOC__

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* * * {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub Disused railway stations in Tameside Former Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1862 1861 establishments in England