Mouldsworth railway station
Mouldsworth  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Mouldsworth |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Grid reference | SJ512707 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MLD |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 11,728 |
| 2005/06 |
 13,663 |
| 2006/07 |
13,674 |
| 2007/08 |
17,407 |
| 2008/09 |
20,762 |
| 2009/10 |
23,796 |
| 2010/11 |
28,626 |
| 2011/12 |
31,552 |
| 2012/13 |
31,870 |
| 2013/14 |
 31,646 |
| 2014/15 |
29,940 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mouldsworth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Mouldsworth railway station serves the village of Mouldsworth in Cheshire, England. It is managed by Northern.
Train services run between Manchester Piccadilly and Chester.
History
Services used to run to the CLC terminus at Chester Northgate, but were diverted to the former Chester General after Northgate closed in October 1969.[1]
The station used to be a request stop but this status was removed some years ago.
The signal box here was decommissioned and demolished in 2006,[2] control of the line then passing to Mickle Trafford box. The station was once a junction, the line to Chester diverging to the west and the original West Cheshire Railway line to Helsby and Alvanley to the north west. The Helsby line was lifted during the early 2000s, several years after a fire at the West Cheshire Junction signal box at the other end of the line rendered the junction there unusable (the line officially closing in September 1991).[3]
Services
There is a basic hourly service in each direction Monday to Saturday, with two additional weekday peak trains to and from Stockport. On Sundays there is a two-hourly service each way, with eastbound trains running through to Manchester, Wigan Wallgate and Southport.[4]
References
- ↑ Disused Stations - Chester NorthgateDisused Stations; Retrieved 14 February 2016
- ↑ Signalling Alterations 2006 www.signalbox.org; Retrieved 2008-12-17
- ↑ Disused Stations - Manley Retrieved 2013-11-19
- ↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 88
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mouldsworth railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Mouldsworth railway station from National Rail
- Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Chester | Northern Mid-Cheshire Line |
Delamere | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Manley Line and station closed |
Cheshire Lines Committee West Cheshire Line |
Terminus | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Barrow for Tarvin Line open, station closed |
Cheshire Lines Committee West Cheshire Line |
Delamere Line and station open | ||
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Coordinates: 53°13′55″N 2°43′55″W / 53.232°N 2.732°W