Index
- St Helens to Ormskirk Home
- St Helens 3rd
- St Helens Central
- Gerards Bridge
- Moss Bank
- Crank Halt
- Old Mill Lane
- Rookery 1st
- Rookery 2nd
- Rainford Village
- Rainford Junction
- Heys Crossing Halt
- White Moss Halt
- Skelmersdale
- Westhead Halt
- Ormskirk
Moss Bank
(1858 - 1951)
Moss Bank station was situated on the St Helens to Rainford Junction line which opened on February 1 1858. The line was the northern extension of the Widnes to St Helens line that had opened as
the St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway on February 1 1833
The station was located on the south side of a level crossing which carried Moss Bank Road over the line. At the time of opening the line was single track railway and one platform was provided constructed from stone and on it stood a simple timber building
Passenger services ran between St Helens and Rainford Junction and at the time of opening there were four trains in each direction on weekdays. Passengers could connect with services to Ormskirk, Liverpool and Bolton at Rainford Junction
The line was always more important for freight services and it carried large volumes of goods from the start
In 1890 the line was doubled and a timber platform was provided for the down line. New facilities including a new booking office and waiting rooms housed in a timber building built on the down platform. The December 1895 timetable showed Moss Bank as having 7 up and 8 down services Monday to Friday. There were 2 extra up and 1 extra down trains on Saturdays and 3 trains in each direction on Sundays and by 1909 the service had increased to 12 trains each way on weekdays with three on Sunday. This increased to 14 by 1914
The 1932 summer timetable showed 15 up and 15 down services Monday to Friday with an extra down and 2 extra up trains on Saturdays but there were no Sunday trains. During the Second World War passenger services were reduced and they never recovered to their pre-war levels
In 1951 BR proposed the withdrawal of the St Helens to Rainford Junction service and the last trains ran on Saturday June 16 1951. The wooden up platform and associated buildings were demolished in 1956
Goods trains, always more numerous than passenger services, continued to pass through until January 1967 when the signals and tracks were removed
The station was located on the south side of a level crossing which carried Moss Bank Road over the line. At the time of opening the line was single track railway and one platform was provided constructed from stone and on it stood a simple timber building
Passenger services ran between St Helens and Rainford Junction and at the time of opening there were four trains in each direction on weekdays. Passengers could connect with services to Ormskirk, Liverpool and Bolton at Rainford Junction
The line was always more important for freight services and it carried large volumes of goods from the start
In 1890 the line was doubled and a timber platform was provided for the down line. New facilities including a new booking office and waiting rooms housed in a timber building built on the down platform. The December 1895 timetable showed Moss Bank as having 7 up and 8 down services Monday to Friday. There were 2 extra up and 1 extra down trains on Saturdays and 3 trains in each direction on Sundays and by 1909 the service had increased to 12 trains each way on weekdays with three on Sunday. This increased to 14 by 1914
The 1932 summer timetable showed 15 up and 15 down services Monday to Friday with an extra down and 2 extra up trains on Saturdays but there were no Sunday trains. During the Second World War passenger services were reduced and they never recovered to their pre-war levels
In 1951 BR proposed the withdrawal of the St Helens to Rainford Junction service and the last trains ran on Saturday June 16 1951. The wooden up platform and associated buildings were demolished in 1956
Goods trains, always more numerous than passenger services, continued to pass through until January 1967 when the signals and tracks were removed
