Pollokshields West railway station

Not to be confused with Pollokshaws West railway station.

Pollokshields West Scottish Gaelic: Pollokshields an Iar[1]
General information
Location	Pollokshields, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8376°N 4.2761°W / 55.8376; -4.2761
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
Key dates
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
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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 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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
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

• Pollokshields railway station
• Pollokshields East railway station

References

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), p. 187
3. 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. (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.