Mosspark railway station
Mosspark railway station serves the Pollok and Cardonald areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¾ miles (6 km) west of Glasgow Central and is managed by Abellio ScotRail.
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 Mosspark station in 2011. | |
| Location | Pollok and Cardonald, Glasgow Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.8406°N 4.3471°W |
| Grid reference | NS530633 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | MPK |
| History | |
| Original company | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 March 1934 | Opened as Mosspark West[2] |
| 6 May 1974 | Renamed Mosspark[2] |
| 10 January 1983 | Closed[2] |
| 28 July 1990 | Reopened[2] |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.143 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.187 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.175 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.162 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.170 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The Mosspark district after which it is named is more closely served by Corkerhill railway station.
History
The station was opened as Mosspark West by the London Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 March 1934.[2] There was however no Mosspark East. British Railways renamed the station Mosspark from 6 May 1974.[2] On 10 January 1983,[2] the station was closed to passengers, although the line was retained for freight services. The station reopened as part of the reinstatement of passenger services to Paisley Canal on 28 July 1990.[2]
Services
Currently the service pattern Mondays-Saturdays is:
- 2tph to Glasgow Central
- 2tph to Paisley Canal
There is one train per hour in each direction on Sundays.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crookston | Abellio ScotRail Paisley Canal Line |
Corkerhill | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Crookston | London Midland and Scottish Railway Paisley Canal Line |
Corkerhill | ||
References
Notes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt (1995), page 164
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.