Moss Side railway station

Moss Side railway station is on the Blackpool South-to-Preston line, in Lancashire, England. It is located in Moss Side, a hamlet where the B5259 (Lytham to Wrea Green) road crosses the railway at a level crossing. It is managed by Northern, which operates 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 Preston and Colne.