Pollokshaws West railway station

Not to be confused with Pollokshields West railway station.

Pollokshaws West Scottish Gaelic: Pollokshaws an Iar [1]
General information
Location	Pollokshaws, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°49′26″N4°18′05″W / 55.8239°N 4.3014°W / 55.8239; -4.3014
Grid reference	NS559613
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PWW
History
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
Pre-grouping	CR & G&SWR
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
27 September 1848	Opened as Pollokshaws [2]
5 May 1952	Renamed as Pollokshaws West [2]
Passengers
2019/20	0.188 million
Kennishead Line and station open		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway		Crossmyloof Line and station open
Thornliebank Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Busby Railway		connection to GB&KJR

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt 1995, p. 187.
3. Historic Environment Scotland & LB33959. sfn error: no target: CITEREFHistoric_Environment_ScotlandLB33959 (help)
4. Table 222 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.
• Historic Environment Scotland. "Pollokshaws Road, Pollockshaws West Station including Embankment Wall to Street (Category B Listed Building LB33959)" . Retrieved 20 March 2019.
• 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.

External links

• Media related to Pollokshaws West railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
• RAILSCOT on Busby Railway