Mount Vernon railway station
Mount Vernon  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Mount Vernon |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°50′26″N 4°07′57″W / 55.8405°N 4.1326°WCoordinates: 55°50′26″N 4°07′57″W / 55.8405°N 4.1326°W |
| Grid reference | NS665628 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MTV |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2005/06 |
 34,899 |
| 2006/07 |
36,779 |
| 2007/08 |
41,117 |
| 2008/09 |
51,302 |
| 2009/10 |
51,378 |
| 2010/11 |
55,724 |
| 2011/12 |
56,758 |
| 2012/13 |
63,266 |
| 2013/14 |
 57,332 |
| 2014/15 |
58,996 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 8 January 1866 | Opened[1] |
| 16 August 1943 | Closed[1] |
| 4 October 1993 | Re-opened[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mount Vernon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Mount Vernon railway station is located in the Mount Vernon area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the Argyle Line, 6¾ miles (11 km) east of Glasgow Central railway station. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail.
History
The Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway opened a station on this site in 1866. It was closed to passengers in 1943 though the line through it remained open for passenger services until 1966. It was rebuilt and reopened as Mount Vernon in 1993.
Services
From 1993
Following the electrification of the line in 2014, a half-hourly service has operated between Dalmuir & Whifflet stations (eastbound) and Whifflet & Milngavie westbound, on Mondays to Saturdays. One per hour each way is extended to/from Motherwell.[2] There is also an all-year hourly service each way on Sundays for the first time since the line reopened in 1993 (Sunday services had previously operated only on the four weeks up to Christmas for shoppers). Prior to electrification, the service was operated by Diesel Multiple Units of classes 156 and 158 and ran to/from Glasgow Central High Level.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Baillieston | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Carmyle | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Baillieston | Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway Caledonian Railway |
Carmyle | ||
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.
- 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.
- "RAILSCOT on Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway". Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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