Mount Florida railway station

Mount Florida
265px Mount Florida station on 24 August 2008
Location
Place	Mount Florida
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS584615
Operations
Station code	MFL
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.620 million
2005/06	0.746 million
2006/07	0.782 million
2007/08	0.824 million
2008/09	0.919 million
2009/10	1.011 million
2010/11	0.972 million
2011/12	1.062 million
2012/13	1.081 million
2013/14	1.072 million
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 March 1886	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mount Florida from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Mount Florida railway station is a staffed island platform station on the Cathcart Circle. It serves the Mount Florida and Battlefield areas of Glasgow, Scotland. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

History

Train services were electrified in May 1962.

Due to its proximity to Hampden Park, the station can be very busy on days where there is a football match or any other event taking place at Hampden. A third platform had been provided on the Inner Circle to the south of the main station opposite the site of the extinct goods yard. This platform was only brought into use during major events and on Wednesdays.

In January 2008, the northern exit from the station was closed whilst disabled access, including a lift, was provided. The stairs reopened in September 2008.

The station has entrances from Battlefield Road, Prospect Hill Road, Bolton Drive, McLennan Street and the campus of Langside College.

Services

2008

A typical weekday and Saturday service is five trains per hour to Glasgow Central (one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle, two from Neilston and one from Newton via Kirkhill), two trains per hour to Neilston and one train per hour to Newton (the one other hourly train to/from Newton runs via Langside). A Sunday service is almost the same except the Cathcart Circle trains do not operate. As a result, only three trains per hour operate to Glasgow Central.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cathcart		Abellio ScotRail Cathcart Circle		Crosshill
King's Park		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow-Newton
	Historical railways
Cathcart		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Crosshill
Kirkhill		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway