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Mount Florida railway station is a staffed

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station on the Cathcart Circle. It serves the

and

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areas of

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History

The station opened on 1 March 1886, on the

route from Glasgow to

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. The station initially served as a temporary terminal for the route, as the section through to the terminus at Cathcart wasn't completed for a further two months. The western side of the Cathcart Circle Line was completed in April 1894, whilst the link to the

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's extension from to was added in 1904. This allowed through running from the eastern side of the Circle towards and thus to the

main line to at Newton. Another spur at Cathcart laid concurrently also permitted through trains from here towards Neilston and the L&AR terminus at

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(though only local trains using this route actually stopped here). Regular through trains beyond on this line ended in July 1932. Train services were electrified in May 1962, using overhead lines carrying 25 kV AC south of there and 6.25 kV to the north (due to clearance issues - the system was upgraded to 25 kV throughout in 1973). During the upgrade work, a grade separated junction was installed south of here to reduce conflicting moves between Circle line trains towards Cathcart and those heading for Kirkhill. The

layout here allows easy & convenient

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between the two branches to Neilston & Newton and Circle line trains. Due to its proximity to

Hampden Park Hampden Park (Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden''), often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The -capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the no ...

, 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 Jon Vincent Theatre College, Glasgow.

Services

2016

A typical weekday and Saturday service is five trains per hour to (one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle, two from and one from

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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 ). 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. During any major event at Hampden Park, Scotrail operate a number of additional services to Mount Florida, running non-stop from Glasgow Central.

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* * * * * {{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Railway stations in Glasgow Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1886 SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail