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Suburban Train Stations

PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:51 pm
by My Kitten
Is there anywhere that has photographs of the suburban train stations. Passing Pollokshaws West today I thought it must've looked nice in its day. Can anyone help?

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:58 pm
by Toaster
There's a handful on SCRAN - I was going to do a photo project on the Cathcart Circle and looked into it.

If you've got scran access you'll get some images via searches on 'Cathcart Circle' 'Langside Station' and such like. Also try the Railscot site.

Firebug spotters may be interested to know that fire claimed the original Langside platform building in the 60s, with Pollokshields West burning down in 1980. Nowadays, the original buildings still remain at Queen's Park, Crosshill, Cathcart, and Maxwell Park. Shields East and Mount Forida have newer brick cubes, but the rest are ticketless with just an airy 'bus shelter'. Which BTW if you enter Pollokshaws West, is all you get there as well, since the buildings are all bricked/locked up.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:09 pm
by My Kitten
Thanks very much. Nice to see a proper station at Pollokshaws East, its a bus shelter now :(

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:45 pm
by crusty_bint
Pollokshaws West:

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Maxwell Park (my favourite I think :) ):

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:52 pm
by Simba
Maxwell Park almost looks as if it could be a wee station in the country. :) Nice pics.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:56 pm
by Ally Doll
It's so nice to see what can be done.

In my old neck of the woods, Wishaw fell into disrepair and was demolished, to be replaced with some newfangled construction. I always thought Carluke could be done up nicely too, much better than freezing outside in the rain!

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:00 pm
by crusty_bint
It seems thier thinking on this one was that superior tenements deserve superior train stations :wink:

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:07 pm
by Sharon
crusty_bint wrote:It seems thier thinking on this one was that superior tenements deserve superior train stations :wink:


::): ::): ::):


By that logic, Pollokshaws East has what is befitting of it then!!!??

(Dont know too many stations)

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:13 pm
by Toaster
crusty_bint wrote:It seems thier thinking on this one was that superior tenements deserve superior train stations :wink:

Maybe :wink: - the Pollokshields East Station had the same design as Maxwell Park. And Queen's Park/Mount Florida were low-lying stations, but neither had the covered stairwell.

Ah, but then, Langside Station is just next to Newlands (so pretty much surrounded by posh houses) and it just had the basic shed, as did Pollokshields West.

My favourite on the Circle is Crosshill - the narrow platform means that the building is really just a long cupboard holding up the 'umbrella'.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:14 pm
by crusty_bint
Aha! Pollokshaws East doesn't have superior tenements surrounding it... they're mainly average in the immediate vicinity :wink:

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:17 pm
by AlanM
crusty_bint wrote:Aha! Pollokshaws East doesn't have superior tenements surrounding it... they're mainly average in the immediate vicinity :wink:


Do I detect a little bit of tenemental snobbery there Crustry?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:18 pm
by crusty_bint
No, not at all, its just a fact :)

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:21 pm
by cumbo
Shaws west was the one on Kilmarnock Road that was built on the bridge over the River Cart I think

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:12 pm
by skintobalinto
cumbo wrote:Shaws west was the one on Kilmarnock Road that was built on the bridge over the River Cart I think



Nope, that is Pollokshaws East

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:04 pm
by My Kitten
crusty_bint wrote:Aha! Pollokshaws East doesn't have superior tenements surrounding it... they're mainly average in the immediate vicinity :wink:


Aye mibbe, but my view is much more superior out my window ;)