General information | |||||
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Location | Pollokshaws, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°49′29″N4°17′14″W / 55.8248°N 4.2872°W | ||||
Grid reference | NS568614 | ||||
Managed by | 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 | |||||
2019/20 | 0.451 million | ||||
2020/21 | 87,946 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.150 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.188 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.269 million | ||||
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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.
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.
Two trains per hour between Glasgow Central and Kirkhill and one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).
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).
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.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Langside | ScotRail Cathcart Circle | Shawlands | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Langside Line and station open | Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway | Shawlands Line and station open |
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