[2] In 1961, Moss Side was closed, along with Wrea Green station in the neighbouring (larger) village.

It was an easy task to reopen the station as (unlike at Wrea Green) the platforms had never been removed after closure.

Moss Side station, therefore, was reopened in 1983, with the aid of a grant from Lancashire County Council.

Facilities here are basic (just a waiting shelter, timetable information board and bench seats) and it is the only station on the line not to be fitted with a ticket machine to date.

There is an hourly service in each direction all week (including Sundays), westwards to Blackpool South and eastwards to Preston and Colne.