Pollokshaws East railway station

Pollokshaws East LMS
Key dates
2 April 1894	Opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19	0.449 million
2019/20	0.451 million
2020/21	87,946
2021/22	0.150 million
2022/23	0.188 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

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

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

References

Notes

Sources

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• 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.
  OCLC 22311137
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• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.
  OCLC 228266687
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• OCLC 85045869
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