Pollokshields East railway station

Not to be confused with Pollokshaws East railway station.

Pollokshields East Scottish Gaelic: Pollokshields an Ear [1]
Looking south towards Queen's Park
General information
Location	Pollokshields, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′27″N4°16′08″W / 55.8407°N 4.2690°W / 55.8407; -4.2690
Grid reference	NS580632
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	PLE
Fare zone	1
History
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 March 1886	Opened [2] [3]
1 January 1917	Closed [2]
1 June 1919	Reopened [2]
Passengers
2019/20	0.460 million
Queen's Park Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Eglinton Street Line open; station closed

See also

• Pollokshields railway station
• Pollokshields West railway station

References

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), p. 187
3. Kernahan (1980)
4. Silvester, Norman (29 August 2021). "Glasgow Crime Stories: The story of the Pollokshields railway murders". Evening Times. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
5. Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• 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.
• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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.