Pollokshaws East railway station
Pollokshaws East railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland, serving parts of the Pollokshaws, Auldhouse, Newlands and Shawlands neighbourhoods of the city. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Line.
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 Pollokshaws East railway station in 2006 | |
| Location | Pollokshaws, Glasgow Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.8248°N 4.2872°W |
| Grid reference | NS568614 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | PWE |
| History | |
| Original company | Cathcart District Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Key dates | |
| 2 April 1894 | Opened[2] |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.368 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.384 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.451 million |
| 2018/19 |  0.449 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.451 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
The Caledonian Railway extended the original Cathcart District Railway route back in a loop configuration towards Glasgow Central in 1894, opening the station here along with it on 2 April that year. The station had a goods yard on the north side of the line to the east of station (on the other side of Kilmarnock Road. This was served by a signal box on the south side of the line, opposite the yard. The signal box was closed on 16 October 1961 as part of the electrification scheme.[3]
British Rail demolished the station building, replacing it with a shelter in the late 1980s. In 2006, housing was built on the site of the goods yard.
Services
Up to November 1979
Two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Kirkhill and one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).
From November 1979
Following the opening of the Argyle Line on 5 November 1979, two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Kirkhill and two trains per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).
From 2006
One train per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton via Kirkhill and one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).[4] On Sundays, there is an hourly service to/from Newton only.
Routes
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langside | Abellio ScotRail Cathcart Circle |
Shawlands | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Langside Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway |
Shawlands Line and station open | ||
References
Notes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt (1995), page 187
- Kernahan (1980), pages 83-89
- Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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. (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.
- 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.
- Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN 0-9043-9601-0. OCLC 85045869.