Pollokshields West railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Pollokshields, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°50′15″N 4°16′34″W / 55.8376°N 4.2761°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS575628 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | PLW | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Cathcart District Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
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| 2 April 1894 | Opened[2] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.211 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  43,558 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 80,856 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 96,894 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.129 million | ||||
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Pollokshields West railway station is one of three railway stations in Pollokshields, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Line. The Cathcart Circle Line has been electrified since 1962 under British Railways.
Services
[edit]Up to November 1979
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]One train per hour between Glasgow Central and Kirkhill/Newton and one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).[3] The Cathcart Circle trains do not run on Sundays, so only an hourly service operates.
Routes
[edit]| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Maxwell Park | ScotRail Cathcart Circle |
Glasgow Central | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Maxwell Park Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway |
Eglinton Street Line open; station closed | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Butt (1995), p. 187
- ^ Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
[edit]- 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.
- Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN 0-9043-9601-0. OCLC 85045869.
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