Pollokshields West railway station

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

Pollokshields West
Scottish Gaelic: Pollokshields an Iar
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Location
Place	Pollokshields
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS575628
Operations
Station code	PLW
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	0.118 million
2005/06	0.127 million
2006/07	0.130 million
2007/08	0.141 million
2008/09	0.186 million
2009/10	0.161 million
2010/11	0.156 million
2011/12	0.176 million
2012/13	0.181 million
2013/14	0.169 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 Pollokshields West from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Pollokshields West railway station is one of three railway stations in Pollokshields, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Line. The Cathcart Circle Line has been electricfied since 1962 under British Railways.

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
Maxwell Park		Abellio ScotRail Cathcart Circle		Glasgow Central
	Historical railways
Maxwell Park Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Eglinton Street Line open; station closed