The station & railway here first opened in 1869 for goods and 1870 for passengers, on the line from to West Cheshire Junction ; the extension line from here to Chester was added in November 1874. At the same time passenger services on the Helsby line, via Manley, ceased and Manley station was closed to passengers, however the line remained open for freight until 1991 and Mouldsworth Junction was managed by a signal box at the end of the platform. Mouldsworth station had a coal yard which opened in March 1871, and from here James Lowe delivered coal to many villages in the local area. The coal yard was in use until at least 1954, as it was listed at that time by the National Coal Board. The coal yard, goods yard, and sidings on both sides of the track were controlled by a second signal box, which went out of use in 1967 and is now in use at Chinnor on the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway. Next to the station was the Station Hotel opened around May 1882, and now named the Goshawk, which is a name it has carried from at least the 1970s. The hotel has had a bowling green next to it since at least 1891. Services used to run to the CLC terminus at Chester Northgate, but this closed inOctober 1969. Trains henceforth used a connection onto the former Birkenhead Joint Railwaymain line at Mickle Trafford to reach Chester General. As part of this rationalisation work, the Mouldsworth to Mickle Trafford section was also reduced to a single line. In the opposite direction, the closure of earlier that year saw eastbound services diverted to start/terminate at. The station used to be a request stop but this status was removed at the spring 2011 timetable change. The signal box here was decommissioned and demolished in 2006, control of the line then passing to Mickle Trafford box. The West Cheshire Railway line from Helsby closed to passengers as long ago as May 1875, but once carried significant volumes of oil & petrochemical traffic from the refineries near towards Crewe and points south via Middlewich. A change in distribution methods at the refinery led to this all but disappearing by the end of 1990. A few months later, a major fire seriously damaged the signal box at Helsby West Cheshire Junction and this led to the immediate closure of the line on 14 September 1991. The disused track remained intact until 1995, when it was lifted. The old formation is still just visible at the western end of the station, but it is now heavily overgrown & inaccessible.
Facilities
The station is unmanned and has no ticket provision, so tickets must be purchased prior to travel or from the conductor on the train. The main buildings still stand and are in private occupation. Shelters are provided on both platforms and train running information is offered via CIS displays and timetable posters. Step-free access is only available on the Manchester-bound platform.
Services
There is a basic hourly service in each direction Monday to Saturday, with two additional weekday peak trains to and from Stockport. On Sundays there is a two-hourly service each way, with eastbound trains running through to Manchester, Wigan Wallgate and Southport.
