Trains to Pollokshaws West - Station Details and further Information on Pollokshaws West Train Services
Pollokshaws West train station is a train station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is served by trains on the Glasgow South Western Line.
The station is normally served by a service every half hour to Barrhead (hourly on Sundays) and to East Kilbride, and four trains per hour (three per hour on Sundays) to Glasgow Central. The station is an interchange station for services between the East Kilbride line, and the Barrhead (and also Kilmarnock/Troon/Stranraer) line. Pollokshaws West is the nearest station to the Burrell Collection and Pollok House (approximately 10 minutes' walk).
The station was opened as Pollowshaws on 27 September 1847 by Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway, which later became the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway - a joint railway company between the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway. To the south west is Busby Junction where the Busby Railway (latterly part of the Caledonian Railway) diverges. Following grouping, the station became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. It was not until British Railways days that the station was renamed as Pollokshaws West. |
