Pollokshaws East railway station

Not to be confused with Pollokshields East railway station.

Pollokshaws East

Scottish Gaelic: Pollokshaws an Ear[1]
National Rail
Pollokshaws East railway station in 2006
General information
LocationPollokshaws, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°49′29″N 4°17′14″W / 55.8248°N 4.2872°W / 55.8248; -4.2872
Grid referenceNS568614
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePWE
History
Original companyCathcart District Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
2 April 1894Opened[2]
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.451 million
2020/21Decrease 87,946
2021/22Increase 0.150 million
2022/23Increase 0.188 million
2023/24Increase 0.269 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Line.

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 National Rail Following station
Langside   ScotRail
Cathcart Circle
   Shawlands
  Historical railways  
Langside
Line and station open 		  Caledonian Railway
Cathcart District Railway
   Shawlands
Line and station open

References

Notes

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt (1995), page 187
  3. ^ Kernahan (1980), pages 83-89
  4. ^ Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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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. (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.