General information | |||||
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Location | Shawlands, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°49′45″N 4°17′33″W / 55.8293°N 4.2924°W | ||||
Grid reference | NS565619 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SHL | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Cathcart District Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
Key dates | |||||
2 April 1894 | Opened[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.184 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.177 million | ||||
2020/21 | 27,564 | ||||
2021/22 | 57,166 | ||||
2022/23 | 72,112 | ||||
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Shawlands railway station is a railway station serving Shawlands,[2] a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. It opened in April 1894, when the original line to Cathcart via Queens Park was extended in a loop back towards Glasgow Central. The Cathcart Circle Line has been electrified since 1962 under British Railways.