Mossbridge
Approximate location of the former station (2016)
General information
LocationDownholland, West Lancashire
England
Coordinates53°34′02″N 3°00′49″W / 53.5671°N 3.0135°W / 53.5671; -3.0135
Grid referenceSD330083
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySouthport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
Pre-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Post-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
5 April 1886Station opened as "Barton & Halsall"
1 August 1894Renamed "Mossbridge"
1 January 1917Station closed to passengers[2]
December 1928Station closed completely[3]

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

  1. ^ Bolger 1984, pp. 64–65.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 29 & 164.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • Welbourn, Nigel (2008). Liverpool and the Mersey (Lost Lines). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3190-6.

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Closed railway stations in Lancashire
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