Exhibition Centre railway station
Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) 
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The station building
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| Location | |
| Place | Finnieston |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°51′40″N 4°16′58″W / 55.8611°N 4.2828°WCoordinates: 55°51′40″N 4°16′58″W / 55.8611°N 4.2828°W |
| Grid reference | NS571655 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EXG |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.318 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.369 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.375 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.640 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.743 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| 26 November 1894 | Opened as Stobcross (GCR to Maryhill) |
| 5 May 1896 | L&DR to Clydebank opened |
| 10 August 1896 | GCR services commenced through to Glasgow Central |
| 3 August 1959 | Station closed to passengers |
| 5 October 1964 | Line closed to all traffic |
| 5 November 1979 | Reopened as Finnieston |
| 1986 | Renamed Exhibition Centre |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) station – previously called Finnieston [1979–1986] and earlier Stobcross [1894–1959] (due to its location in the Stobcross area of the city) – is in Glasgow on the Argyle Line. It serves the SSE Hydro and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, which are accessible by adjoining footbridge from an island platform. The station suffers badly from congestion at concerts as most of Greater Glasgow can be reached from the station. There is a siding adjacent to Platform 2, that can be used as a turnback siding for trains terminating at Anderston or Glasgow Central Low Level. The line is served by Class 318s and Class 320s. Ticket Gates are in operation.
In the days when the station was named Stobcross, the formation in front of Platform 1 was originally double track, with a platform where the overhead electrification masts are currently located. Just inside the tunnel from Partick, there was a junction.
The route, now disused, to the north went to the Glasgow Central Railway's Maryhill Central.
The route to the west is partially used by the Argyle Line link to the Clyde North Line (a new single track tunnel being constructed to connect up at Finnieston West Junction). Previously the line went to Partick Central railway station (which at one time had been renamed Kelvin Hall) and onwards along the River Clyde to Dumbarton.
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