Cathcart railway station
Cathcart railway station is a railway station serving the Cathcart area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line, south of Glasgow Central. Services are provided by ScotRail previously on behalf of Strathclyde Passenger Transport.
History
The station here was opened on 19 March 1894, shortly before the commissioning of the western side of the Cathcart Circle Lines on 2 April that year. It replaced an earlier temporary station opened in 1886, which served as the terminus of the line from Glasgow via Queens Park. The Caledonian Railway-backed Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway extension from to was subsequently opened in 1904, which passed a short distance to the south of the station but was linked to it by a spur, which allowed through running from the direction towards Glasgow Central. The station could then be served by local trains between Neilston & and Glasgow Central as well as those in both directions around the Circle.Train services were progressively dieselised from 1958, prior to being electrified in May 1962. As part of the electrification scheme, the track layout to the south was altered so that through running from the western side of the Circle towards Newton was possible, though these trains still could not call at Cathcart station itself. Services were henceforth operated by Electric Multiple Units, with the similar sets also appearing. These were eventually withdrawn from service in 2002 and replaced by units. The 314 units themselves were withdrawn from service in late 2019 and the line is served by a mix of,, and units.