Pollokshields East train station
You can reach 20 stations directly from Pollokshields East on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 183 trains a day.
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Direct trains from Pollokshields East
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Central | 183 | 175 | 89 |
| Crosshill | 146 | 140 | 89 |
| Mount Florida | 146 | 140 | 89 |
| Queens Park | 146 | 140 | 89 |
| Cathcart | 111 | 105 | 60 |
| Muirend | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Neilston | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Patterton | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Whitecraigs | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Williamwood | 74 | 70 | 60 |
| Langside | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Maxwell Park | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Pollokshields West | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Pollokshaws East | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Shawlands | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Burnside | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Croftfoot | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Kings Park | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Kirkhill | 35 | 35 | 29 |
| Newton | 35 | 35 | 29 |
How busy Pollokshields East station is
337,600 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,101st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Pollokshields East and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 211,688 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 15 stations instead of 20, a drop of about 25%. Saturday runs to 20.
Nearest other stations
- Pollokshields West 0.4 miles
- Queens Park 0.4 miles
- Crosshill 0.7 miles
- Crossmyloof 0.8 miles
- Maxwell Park 0.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Pollokshields East, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Gushetfaulds · 0.5 miles
- Eglinton Street · 0.5 miles
- Shields Road · 0.5 miles
- Shields · 0.5 miles
- Pollokshields · 0.6 miles
- West Street subway · 0.6 miles
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Facilities at Pollokshields East station
Pollokshields East is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:40 to 13:20 · Saturday: 06:40 to 13:44 · Sunday: closed
Waiting room
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Pollokshields East station
Pollokshields East station is in Glasgow City, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M74 J1 (Kingston), 0.6 miles north.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Pollokshields East station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from