Mossbridge railway station

Mossbridge
Mossbridge
	Approximate location of the former station (2016)
Location	Downholland, West Lancashire; England
Coordinates	53°34′02″N 3°00′49″W / 53.5671°N 3.0135°W
Grid reference	SD330083
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
5 April 1886	Station opened as "Barton & Halsall"
1 August 1894	Renamed "Mossbridge"
1 January 1917	Station closed to passengers
December 1928	Station closed completely

Cheshire Lines Committee

Merseyside Lines

Southport Lord Street

Birkdale Palace

to Southport

Ainsdale

Ainsdale Beach

Northern line

Woodvale

Freshfield

to Liverpool Central

Liverpool, Southport and

Preston Junction Railway

Hillhouse Junction

to Ormskirk

Aintree Junction

Southport Junction

Aintree Central

Aintree

Northern line

Warbreck

Orrell Park

Walton

to Kirkby

Rice Lane

to Liverpool Central

Fazakerley Junctions

Northern line

St James

Brunswick

(original)

Egerton Street Junction

to Lime Street

Garston

Liverpool South Parkway

Hunts Cross West Junction

Hunts Cross

to Manchester Central

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

^ Bolger 1984, pp. 64-65.
^ Butt 1995, pp. 29 & 164.
^ ^a ^b Bolger 1984, pp. 6-7.
^ 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. (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.
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

[FOOTNOTEBolger198464-65-1] Bolger 1984, pp. 64-65.

[FOOTNOTEButt199529_&_164-2] Butt 1995, pp. 29 & 164.

[FOOTNOTEBolger19846-7-3] Bolger 1984, pp. 6-7.

[FOOTNOTEWelbourn2008118-4] Welbourn 2008, p. 118.

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Mossbridge
Approximate location of the former station (2016)
Location	Downholland, West Lancashire England
Coordinates	53°34′02″N 3°00′49″W / 53.5671°N 3.0135°W
Grid reference	SD330083
Platforms	2^[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
5 April 1886	Station opened as "Barton & Halsall"
1 August 1894	Renamed "Mossbridge"
1 January 1917	Station closed to passengers^[2]
December 1928	Station closed completely^[3]