Maxwell Park railway station explained

Maxwell Park
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Maxwell
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Maxwell Park, Glasgow, Glasgow
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8376°N -4.2888°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:MAX
Original:Cathcart District Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:LMS
Years:2 April 1894
Events:Opened[1]
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 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 protected as a category B listed building.The station building has also now been repainted to match the ScotRail blue colour scheme of its operator.

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). On Sundays the Circle services do not run, so only 1tph calls each way to/from Newton.

Routes

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Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995), p. 157