Maxwell Park railway station

Maxwell Park National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Maxwell[1]
Looking east towards Pollokshields West
Location
Place Maxwell Park, Glasgow
Local authority Glasgow
Coordinates 55°50′15″N 4°17′20″W / 55.8376°N 4.2888°W / 55.8376; -4.2888Coordinates: 55°50′15″N 4°17′20″W / 55.8376°N 4.2888°W / 55.8376; -4.2888
Grid reference NS567628
Operations
Station code MAX
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 0.154 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.147 million
2014/15 Increase 0.156 million
2015/16 Steady 0.156 million
2016/17 Increase 0.178 million
History
Original company Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
2 April 1894 Opened[2]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maxwell Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 Abellio 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 Following station
Shawlands   Abellio 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), page 157
  3. ↑ "Maxwell Park Station, including footbridges: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  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. (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.
  • 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.

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