Mount Vernon railway station

Not to be confused with Mount Vernon North railway station.

For the station in Baltimore, Maryland, see Mt. Vernon station (Light RailLink).

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), 6+3⁄4 miles (10.9 km) east of Glasgow Central. Train services are provided by ScotRail.

Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon in 2017, following electrification
General information
Location	Mount Vernon, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8405°N 4.1326°W / 55.8405; -4.1326
Grid reference	NS665628
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MTV
History
Original company	Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
8 January 1866	Opened[1]
16 August 1943	Closed[1]
4 October 1993	Re-opened[1]
Passengers
2018/19	57,968
2019/20	67,216
2020/21	8,956
2021/22	33,444
2022/23	44,158
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 Dalmuir 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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Baillieston		ScotRail Argyle Line		Carmyle
	Historical railways
Baillieston		Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway Caledonian Railway		Carmyle

References

Notes

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

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Media related to Mount Vernon railway station at Wikimedia Commons