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.

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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.

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
Castleton666616
Manchester Victoria666616
Mills Hill666616
Rochdale666616
Salford Crescent63630
Salford Central62620
Blackburn626116
Bromley Cross62610
Bolton62610
Darwen62610
Hall i' th' Wood62610
Clitheroe33360
Langho33360
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire33360
Whalley33360
Entwistle36350
Horton-in-Ribblesdale040
Hellifield040
Ribblehead040
Settle040
Farnworth330
Atherton120
Daisy Hill120
Hebden Bridge120
Hag Fold120
Hindley120
Ince120
Leeds120
Littleborough1216
Moorside120
Moses Gate220
Smithy Bridge1216
Swinton (Manchester)120
Todmorden1216
Wigan Wallgate120
Walkden120
Bradford Interchange110
Bramley110
Halifax110
Low Moor110

and 3 more stations, each served less often.

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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.

Freight through Moston station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Moston station on 168 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 32 paths on the Wednesday, 12 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 50 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 22:00 to 23:00 on the Monday, with 4 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

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 43.

Nearest other stations

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Moston, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

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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

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