Moses Gate train station

You can reach 38 stations directly from Moses Gate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bolton, with 36 trains a day.

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Moses Gate is the nearest station for postcodes in BL78. Check your own postcode.

38 direct destinations
2,145th busiest in Britain
Unstaffed
Step-free in part
7 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Moses Gate

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday
Bolton	36	36
Salford Crescent	36	36
Manchester Victoria	35	35
Hindley	34	34
Kearsley	34	34
Salford Central	34	34
Westhoughton	34	34
Farnworth	33	33
Ince	31	31
Wigan Wallgate	31	30
Ashton-under-Lyne	30	30
Stalybridge	30	30
Appley Bridge	27	27
Burscough Bridge	27	27
Gathurst	27	27
Meols Cop	27	27
Parbold	27	27
Southport	27	27
Bescar Lane	13	13
Hoscar	13	13
New Lane	13	13
Wigan North Western	3	4
Blackburn	2	2
Bromley Cross	2	2
Castleton	2	2
Clitheroe	2	2
Darwen	2	2
Entwistle	2	2
Hall i' th' Wood	2	2
Langho	2	2
Mills Hill	2	2
Moston	2	2
Rochdale	2	2
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire	2	2
Whalley	2	2
Clifton	1	1
Deansgate	1	1
Manchester Oxford Road	1	1

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Lines serving Moses Gate

Moses Gate is on the Manchester to Preston Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Moses Gate station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Moses Gate station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.

How busy Moses Gate station is

36,928 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,145th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Moses Gate and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 15,594 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

There is no Sunday service from Moses Gate. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.