Ibrox subway station is a station on the Glasgow Subway, serving the Ibrox area of the city. The station was known as Copland Road until 1977. Its surface buildings were replaced during the Subway's modernisation programme, with the main entrance still located on Copland Road. The station now has a

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arrangement for boarding trains. Particularly of note is the nearby

Ibrox Stadium Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland. The home of Scottish Premiership team Rangers, Ibrox is the third-largest football stadium in Scotland, with an all-seated ca ...

, home of Rangers F.C. The station is extremely busy on match days, with an additional entrance on Woodville Street opening to accommodate the vastly increased volume of passenger traffic. However, the station is generally quiet at other times and records around 540,000 boardings per year.http://www.spt.co.uk/publications/stats2005/s&t2005.pdf
''spt.co.uk'' Also nearby is

Glasgow Science Centre Glasgow Science Centre is a visitor attraction located in the Clyde Waterfront Regeneration area on the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Queen Elizabeth II opened Glasgow Science Centre on 5 July 2001. It is one of Scotland's ...

, although SPT suggests that Cessnock station is the best alighting point for the Science Centre, because it is closer.

Past passenger numbers

* 2004/05: 0.520 million annually * 2011/12: 0.510 million annually

References

{{Glasgow stations Glasgow Subway stations Govan Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896 1896 establishments in Scotland