Maxwell Park railway station

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.

Maxwell Park
Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Maxwell[1]
Looking east towards Pollokshields West
Location
Place	Maxwell Park, Glasgow
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	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*
2014/15	0.156 million
2015/16	0.156 million
2016/17	0.178 million
2017/18	0.175 million
2018/19	0.158 million
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
2 April 1894	Opened[2]
National Rail – UK railway stations
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.

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), 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.
• Historic Environment Scotland. "101 Terregles Avenue, Fotheringay Road, Maxwell Park Station, including Footbridges  (Category B) (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.