Shawlands railway station

Shawlands railway station is a railway station serving Shawlands,^[2] a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. It opened in April 1894, when the original line to Cathcart via Queens Park was extended in a loop back towards Glasgow Central. The Cathcart Circle Line has been electrified since 1962 under British Railways.

Shawlands
The station seen in 2015
General information
Location	Shawlands, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8293°N 4.2924°W / 55.8293; -4.2924
Grid reference	NS565619
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SHL
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
2 April 1894	Opened[1]
Passengers
2018/19	0.184 million
2019/20	0.177 million
2020/21	27,564
2021/22	57,166
2022/23	72,112
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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/Newton and one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle (Inner and Outer).^[3] On Sundays the Cathcart Circle trains do not operate, so only an hourly service is provided in each direction.

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pollokshaws East		ScotRail Cathcart Circle		Maxwell Park
	Historical railways
Pollokshaws East Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Maxwell Park Line and station open

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), p. 209
2. "Shawlands Station | Trains to Shawlands | Trainline". www.thetrainline.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
3. Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• 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.
• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.