Mount Florida railway station
Mount Florida 
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Mount Florida station on 24 August 2008
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| Location | |
| Place | Mount Florida |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°49′36″N 4°15′40″W / 55.8268°N 4.2611°WCoordinates: 55°49′36″N 4°15′40″W / 55.8268°N 4.2611°W |
| Grid reference | NS584615 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MFL |
| 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 |
 1.062 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.081 million |
| 2013/14 |
 1.072 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.097 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.194 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Cathcart District Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 March 1886 | Opened |
| 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 Florida from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Mount Florida railway station is a staffed island platform station on the Cathcart Circle. It serves the Mount Florida and Battlefield areas of Glasgow, Scotland. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
The station opened on 1 March 1886, on the Cathcart District Railway route from Glasgow to Cathcart. 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 Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway's extension from Neilston to Newton was added in 1904. This allowed through running from the eastern side of the Circle towards Kirkhill and thus to the Caledonian Railway main line to Motherwell at Newton. Another spur at Cathcart laid concurrently also permitted through trains from here towards Neilston and the L&AR terminus at Ardrossan (though only local trains using this route actually stopped here). Regular through trains beyond Uplawmoor on this line ended in July 1932.
Train services were electrified in May 1962, using overhead lines carrying 25Kv A.C south of here and 6.25kV to the north (due to clearance issues - the system was upgraded to 25kV 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 island platform layout here allows easy & convenient cross-platform interchange between the two branches to Neilston & Newton and Circle line trains.
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