Pollokshields West train station
You can reach 15 stations directly from Pollokshields West on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 111 trains a day.
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Direct trains from Pollokshields West
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Central | 111 | 103 | 30 |
| Langside | 74 | 68 | 30 |
| Maxwell Park | 74 | 68 | 30 |
| Pollokshaws East | 74 | 68 | 30 |
| Shawlands | 74 | 68 | 30 |
| Burnside | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Cathcart | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Croftfoot | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Crosshill | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Kings Park | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Kirkhill | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Mount Florida | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Newton | 37 | 33 | 30 |
| Pollokshields East | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Queens Park | 37 | 35 | 0 |
Lines serving Pollokshields West
Pollokshields West is on the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Line and the Cathcart Circle, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Pollokshields West station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Pollokshields West station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Pollokshields West station is
146,994 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,557th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Pollokshields West and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 96,970 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: 10 stations instead of 15, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 15.
Nearest other stations
- Pollokshields East 0.4 miles
- Queens Park 0.4 miles
- Crossmyloof 0.4 miles
- Maxwell Park 0.5 miles
- Crosshill 0.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Pollokshields West, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Shields · 0.7 miles
- Shields Road · 0.7 miles
- Pollokshields · 0.7 miles
- Gushetfaulds · 0.8 miles
- Shields Road subway · 0.8 miles
- Eglinton Street · 0.9 miles
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Facilities at Pollokshields West station
Pollokshields West is unstaffed, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Waiting room
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Pollokshields West station
Pollokshields West station is in Glasgow City, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J22 (Plantation), 0.9 miles north.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Pollokshields West 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
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