Maxwell Park railway station
 | ||
|---|---|---|
 Maxwell Park railway station | ||
| General information | ||
| Location | Pollokshields, Glasgow Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 55°50′15″N 4°17′20″W / 55.8376°N 4.2888°W | |
| Grid reference | NS567628 | |
| Manager | ScotRail | |
Transit authority | SPT | |
| Platforms | 2 | |
| Other information | ||
| Station code | MAX | |
| Fare zone | 1 | |
| History | ||
Original company | Cathcart District Railway | |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | |
| Post-grouping | LMS | |
| Key dates | ||
| 2 April 1894 | Opened[2] | |
| Passengers | ||
| 2020/21 |  26,560 | |
| 2021/22 |  53,612 | |
| 2022/23 | 68,034 | |
| 2023/24 | 93,826 | |
| 2024/25 | 0.116 million | |
| ||
|
Maxwell Park railway station is a railway station in Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland, adjacent to the park of the same name.[3] The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Line, which has been electrified since 1962 by British Railways.
History
[edit]
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 protected as a category B listed building.[4] The bottom half of the station building has also now been repainted to match the ScotRail blue colour scheme of its operator.
Services
[edit]
Up to November 1979
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]One train per hour between Glasgow Central and Newton and one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).[5] On Sundays the Circle services do not run, so only 1tph calls each way to/from Newton.
Routes
[edit]| Preceding station |  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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ↑ Butt (1995), p. 157
- ↑ Maxwell Park, Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland & LB33489.
- ↑ Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
[edit]- 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
[edit]