Mount Vernon railway station explained

Mount Vernon
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Mount Vernon, Glasgow
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8405°N -4.1326°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:MTV
Transit Authority:SPT
Original:Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:LMS
Years:8 January 1866
Events:Opened[1]
Years1:16 August 1943
Events1:Closed
Years2:4 October 1993
Events2:Re-opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Mount Vernon railway station is a railway station located in the Mount Vernon area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the Whifflet Line (a branch of the more extensive Argyle Line), NaNmiles east of Glasgow Central. Train services are provided by ScotRail.

History

The Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway opened a station on this site in 1866. It was closed to passengers in 1943, although the line through it remained open for passenger services until 1966. It was rebuilt and reopened as Mount Vernon on 4 October 1993 by British Rail.

Services

From 1993

Following the electrification of the line in 2014, a half-hourly service has operated to and from on Mondays to Saturdays. One train 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 Class 156s and 158s, and ran to/from Glasgow Central High Level.

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995), p. 165
  2. GB National Rail Timetable Dec 2014-May 2015, Table 225