Shawlands train station

You can reach 15 stations directly from Shawlands on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Glasgow Central, with 111 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Shawlands

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
Glasgow Central11110330
Langside746830
Maxwell Park746830
Pollokshields West746830
Pollokshaws East746830
Burnside373330
Cathcart37350
Croftfoot373330
Crosshill37350
Kings Park373330
Kirkhill373330
Mount Florida37350
Newton373330
Pollokshields East37350
Queens Park37350

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Lines serving Shawlands

Shawlands 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 Shawlands station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Shawlands 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 Shawlands station is

132,560 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,604th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Shawlands and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 88,378 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

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Shawlands, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

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Facilities at Shawlands station

Shawlands 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 Shawlands station

Shawlands station is in Glasgow City, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.

The nearest motorway junction is M77 J1 (Dumbreck Interchange), 1.0 miles north-west.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

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