Moston train station
You can reach 39 stations directly from Moston on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Castleton, with 66 trains a day.
Moston is the nearest station for postcodes in M35, M40, M9, OL8. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Moston
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castleton | 66 | 66 | 16 |
| Manchester Victoria | 66 | 66 | 16 |
| Mills Hill | 66 | 66 | 16 |
| Rochdale | 66 | 66 | 16 |
| Salford Crescent | 63 | 63 | 0 |
| Salford Central | 62 | 62 | 0 |
| Blackburn | 62 | 61 | 16 |
| Bromley Cross | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Bolton | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Darwen | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Hall i' th' Wood | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Clitheroe | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Langho | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Ramsgreave and Wilpshire | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Whalley | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Entwistle | 36 | 35 | 0 |
| Horton-in-Ribblesdale | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hellifield | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ribblehead | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Settle | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Farnworth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Atherton | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bradford Interchange | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Daisy Hill | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hebden Bridge | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Halifax | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hag Fold | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hindley | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ince | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Leeds | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Littleborough | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Moorside | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Moses Gate | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Smithy Bridge | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Swinton (Manchester) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sowerby Bridge | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Todmorden | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Walkden | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bramley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
and 4 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Moston
Moston is on the Caldervale Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
How busy Moston station is
105,960 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,735th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Moston and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 49,614 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
Sunday is a different railway here: 13 stations instead of 39, a drop of about 67%. Saturday runs to 44.
Nearest other stations
- Mills Hill 1.9 miles
- Ashburys 3.7 miles
- Fairfield 3.7 miles
- Gorton 3.8 miles
- Manchester Victoria 3.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Moston, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Failsworth · 0.9 miles
- Hollinwood · 1.0 miles
- Middleton Junction · 1.2 miles
- Newton Heath · 1.3 miles
- Dean Lane · 1.4 miles
- Middleton · 2.0 miles
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Facilities at Moston station
Moston is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 23 June 2026.
Getting to Moston station
Moston station is in Manchester, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M60 J21 (Broadway Interchange), 0.3 miles north.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Moston Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Moston station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from