Pollokshaws East railway station

Pollokshaws East
Scottish Gaelic: Pollokshaws an Ear
265px Pollokshaws East railway station in 2006
Location
Place	Pollokshaws
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS568614
Operations
Station code	PWE
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.110 million
2005/06	0.147 million
2006/07	0.158 million
2007/08	0.164 million
2008/09	0.219 million
2009/10	0.256 million
2010/11	0.277 million
2011/12	0.302 million
2012/13	0.310 million
2013/14	0.333 million
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
2 April 1894	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pollokshaws East from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Pollokshaws East railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Line.

History

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.

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 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 and one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Langside		Abellio ScotRail Cathcart Circle		Shawlands
	Historical railways
Langside Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Shawlands Line and station open