Mossbridge railway station

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]

Mossbridge
Approximate location of the former station (2016)
Location	Downholland, West Lancashire England
Coordinates	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]

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 Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick (original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

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

1. Bolger 1984, pp. 64-65.
2. Butt 1995, pp. 29 & 164.
3. Bolger 1984, pp. 6-7.
4. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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