Mosspark railway station

Mosspark Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc na Mòna[1]
Mosspark station, looking west (2023)
General information
Location	Pollok and Cardonald, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8406°N 4.3471°W / 55.8406; -4.3471
Grid reference	NS530633
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	MPK
History
Original company	LMS
Key dates
1 March 1934	Opened as Mosspark West[2]
6 May 1974	Renamed Mosspark[2]
10 January 1983	Closed[2]
28 July 1990	Reopened[2]
Passengers
2019/20	0.170 million
2020/21	35,796
2021/22	88,846
2022/23	0.107 million
2023/24	0.141 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Mosspark railway station serves the Pollok and Cardonald areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¾ miles (6 km) west of Glasgow Central and is managed by ScotRail.

The Mosspark district after which it is named is more closely served by Corkerhill railway station.

History

The station was opened as Mosspark West by the LMS on 1 March 1934.^[2] There was however no Mosspark East. British Rail renamed the station Mosspark on 6 May 1974.^[2] On 10 January 1983,^[2] the station was closed to passengers, although the line was retained for freight services. The station reopened as part of the reinstatement of passenger services to Paisley Canal on 28 July 1990.^[2]

Services

Currently the service pattern Mondays-Saturdays is:

• 2tph to Glasgow Central
• 2tph to Paisley Canal

There is one train per hour in each direction on Sundays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Crookston		ScotRail Paisley Canal Line		Corkerhill
	Historical railways
Crookston		London Midland and Scottish Railway Paisley Canal Line		Corkerhill

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), page 164

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.