Pollokshields East railway station

For other Glasgow stations with similar names see Pollokshields and Pollokshields West.

Pollokshields East
Scottish Gaelic: Pollokshields an Ear
265px Looking north towards Glasgow Central
Location
Place	Pollokshields
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS580632
Operations
Station code	PLE
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	0.156 million
2005/06	0.175 million
2006/07	0.185 million
2007/08	0.193 million
2008/09	0.238 million
2009/10	0.254 million
2010/11	0.289 million
2011/12	0.317 million
2012/13	0.341 million
2013/14	0.360 million
History
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1 March 1886	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1 June 1919	Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pollokshields East from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Pollokshields East railway station is one of two railway stations serving Pollokshields in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Line.

Services

2008

A typical weekday and Saturday service is five trains per hour to Glasgow Central (one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle, two from Neilston and one from Newton via Kirkhill), two trains per hour to Neilston and one train per hour to Newton (the one other hourly train to/from Newton runs via Langside). A Sunday service is almost the same except the Cathcart Circle trains do not operate. As a result, only three trains per hour operate to Glasgow Central.

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Queen's Park		Abellio ScotRail Cathcart Circle		Glasgow Central
	Historical railways
Queen's Park Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Eglinton Street Line open; station closed