Moses Gate Station

Moses Gate

Location
Place	Farnworth
Local authority	Bolton
Grid reference	SD734067
Operations
Station code	MSS
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	13,653
2005/06	12,054
2006/07	13,209
2007/08	13,815
2008/09	18,274
2009/10	16,656
2010/11	19,296
2011/12	23,178
2012/13	25,978
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester

Moses Gate railway station serves the Moses Gate suburb of Farnworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

It lies on the Manchester-Preston Line, though only local services run by Northern Rail call here.

Until the late 1970s (see British Rail Timetable 1973, 1974 and 1978), Moses Gate was one of the more important stations on the line between Manchester Victoria and Bolton, with Sunday service and high patronage.

But due to clearance of much housing in the area, use has declined (see Strategic Rail Authority figures) although it retains an hourly service (see National Rail Timetable).

Moses Gate is the nearest railway station to the village of Little Lever.

The station was staffed until the early 1990s, until the arson of the station building (see photo to left).

Service

From Moses Gate there is an hourly weekday & Saturday daytime service (with a few extra peak period calls)) until 18:47 northbound to Wigan Wallgate and southwards to Manchester Victoria until 18:46.

There is only one evening service at 23:11 (Monday-Friday) and 23:16 (Saturday) which goes to Bolton & Wigan Wallgate.

There is no evening service to Manchester and no Sunday service.