- Mount Florida railway station
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Mount Florida 
Mount Florida station on 24 August 2008 Location Place Mount Florida Local authority Glasgow Coordinates 55°49′37″N 4°15′43″W / 55.827°N 4.262°WCoordinates: 55°49′37″N 4°15′43″W / 55.827°N 4.262°W Operations Station code MFL Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.620 million 2005/06 * 
0.746 million2006/07 * 0.782 million2007/08 * 0.824 million2008/09 * 0.919 millionHistory Original company Cathcart District Railway Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway Post-grouping LMS 1 March 1886 Opened[1][2] National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mount Florida from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Mount Florida railway station is a staffed island platform station on the Cathcart Circle. It serves the Mount Florida and Battlefield areas of Glasgow. Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
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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.
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 RailFollowing station Cathcart First ScotRail
Crosshill King's Park First ScotRail
Historical railways Cathcart Caledonian Railway
Crosshill Kirkhill Caledonian Railway
References
Notes
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN 0-9043-9601-0. OCLC 85045869.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
Categories:- Railway stations in Glasgow
- Former Caledonian Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1886
- SPT railway stations
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
- Scotland railway station stubs
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