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 Fort Matilda 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Fort Matilda had 85,186 entries and exits, making it the 1,705th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1705/2575
It ranked 546th busiest (out of 997), with 554 scheduled services per week.
546/997
That's a daily average of 233.39 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 2.96 passengers per service, giving it the 1,419th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1419/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 26,050
Reduced price entries & exits: 47,934
Season ticket entries & exits: 11,202
Total entries & exits: 85,186
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +25,134 : 41.85%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1181658Up Platform
2147534Down Platform
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
031Glasgow - Wemyss Bay & GourockOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +29,852 (+53.95%)

Location Details

Location: Fort Matilda
CRS: FTM / NLC: 9675 / TIPLOC(S): FRTMTLD
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 225607 677519
Constituency: Inverclyde
Local Authority: Inverclyde
NR Region: Scotland
PTE: Strathclyde
ELR: GOU2 125m 40ch
This station is part of the Strathclyde PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Fort Matilda during 2022/2023:
•Glasgow Central (27,868 journeys)
•Paisley Gilmour Street (2,948 journeys)
•Port Glasgow (1,487 journeys)
•Greenock West (753 journeys)
•Hillington West (646 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Fort Matilda's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Greenock West1.38
Gourock1.23