Moses Gate railway station
Moses Gate railway station serves the Moses Gate suburb of Farnworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West England. It lies on the Manchester-Preston Line 1+1⁄4 miles south of Bolton, though only local services run by Northern call here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England
- Also known as: “Moses Gate Railway Station”, “Moses Gate Station”, and “MSS”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Farnworth Town Hall and Church of St Michael With St Bartholomew.
Farnworth Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Farnworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Farnworth Borough Council, is a grade II listed building. Farnworth Town Hall is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Moses Gate railway station.
Church of St Michael With St Bartholomew
Church
Photo: Plucas58, Public domain.
Church of St Michael With St Bartholomew is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Moses Gate railway station.
Moses Gate Country Park
Park
Photo: Geotek, Public domain.
Moses Gate Country Park, part of which is also known as Crompton Lodges, is a 750 acre site situated at Moses Gate in the Croal and Irwell Valleys 3 miles south of Bolton town centre on the A6053 road which connects Farnworth to Little Lever. Moses Gate Country Park is situated 2,800 feet east of Moses Gate railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farnworth and Darcy Lever.
Farnworth
Town
Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways.
Darcy Lever
Suburb
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darcy Lever is an area of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the area lies on the B6209, between Bolton and Little Lever.
Prestolee
Village
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prestolee is a small village in Kearsley, within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell and is one of a cluster of villages between Bolton and Kearsley, which includes Stoneclough and Ringley.
Moses Gate railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.55627° or 53° 33′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.40156° or 2° 24′ 6″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“MSS”Open location code
9C5VHH4X+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6283856444OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Moses Gate railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Moses Gate”
- Dutch: “Station Moses Gate”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة موسيس جات”
- French: “gare de Moses Gate”
- French: “Moses Gate”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Moses Gate railway station”. Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.