Maxwell Park Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Maxwell[1]
Looking east towards Pollokshields West
General information
Location	Maxwell Park, Glasgow, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′15″N 4°17′20″W / 55.8376°N 4.2888°W / 55.8376; -4.2888
Grid reference	NS567628
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MAX
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
2 April 1894	Opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19	0.158 million
2019/20	0.159 million
2020/21	26,560
2021/22	53,612
2022/23	68,034
Notes
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 now protected as a category B listed building.^[3]

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).^[4] On Sundays the Circle services do not run, so only 1tph calls each way to/from Newton.

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Shawlands		ScotRail Cathcart Circle		Pollokshields West
	Historical railways
Shawlands Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Pollokshields West Line and station open