Maxwell Park

Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Maxwell[1]
National Rail
Looking east towards Pollokshields West
General information
LocationMaxwell Park, Glasgow, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′15″N 4°17′20″W / 55.8376°N 4.2888°W / 55.8376; -4.2888
Grid referenceNS567628
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMAX
History
Original companyCathcart District Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
2 April 1894Opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.158 million
2019/20Increase 0.159 million
2020/21Decrease 26,560
2021/22Increase 53,612
2022/23Increase 68,034
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Maxwell Park railway station is a railway station in Pollokshields area of Glasgow, Scotland, adjacent to the park of the same name. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Line, which has been electrified since 1962 by British Railways.

History

Maxwell Park station was built in 1894 by the Caledonian Railway, as an extension of the earlier Cathcart District Railway back towards Glasgow Central. The station is now protected as a category B listed building.[3]

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 Newton and one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).[4] On Sundays the Circle services do not run, so only 1tph calls each way to/from Newton.

Routes

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

References

Notes

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt (1995), p. 157
  3. Historic Environment Scotland & LB33489.
  4. Table 223 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. "101 Terregles Avenue, Fotheringay Road, Maxwell Park Station, including Footbridges (Category B Listed Building) (LB33489)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  • Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN 0-9043-9601-0. OCLC 85045869.
  • 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.

See also

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