Mosspark railway station
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Mosspark railway station serves the Pollok
Pollok
Pollok is a large district on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It was built to house families from the overcrowded inner city...

 and Cardonald
Cardonald
Cardonald is an outlying suburb of the Scottish city of Glasgow. Formerly a village in its own right, it lies to the southwest of the city and is bounded to the south by the White Cart Water...

 areas of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland
Scotland
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. The station is on the Paisley Canal Line
Paisley Canal Line
The Paisley Canal Railway line was originally a Glasgow and South Western Railway branch line running from Glasgow, Scotland, through three stations in Paisley, to North Johnstone...

 6 km (3¾ miles) west of and is managed by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...

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The Mosspark district
Mosspark
Mosspark is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, in the south-west of the city.-History:Mosspark and the lands of East and Mid-Henderston were incorporated into Glasgow in 1909...

 after which it is named is more closely served by Corkerhill railway station
Corkerhill railway station
Corkerhill railway station serves Corkerhill, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line 5 km west of .- 1967 to 1983 :...

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History

The station was opened as Mosspark West by the London Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 March 1934. There was however no Mosspark East. British Railways renamed the station Mosspark from 6 May 1974. On 10 January 1983 the station was closed to passengers, although the line was retained for freight services. The station reopened as part of the re-instating of passenger services to on 28 July 1990.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to .

There is no Sunday service.
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