Cathcart
Location type
StationName and dates
Cathcart (1894-)Station code: CCT National Rail ScotRail
Where: Glasgow City, Scotland
Opened on the Cathcart District Railway.
Open on the Cathcart Circle.
Open on the Neilston Line.
Description
Cathcart station has an island platform, original station building with glazed canopies, and is above road level and over the White Cart Water. It is an intermediate station on the Cathcart Circle. The north east end of the station is on the girder bridge above the White Cart Water. A former entry arch from Old Castle Road is blocked.
The station replaced a temporary terminus Cathcart [1st] which was to the north east. When opened the adjoining land on the south side of the new station was undeveloped.
The station was on the Cathcart District Railway.
The former Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway approaches the station from Neilston and Newton, all four lines meet at Cathcart West Junction. A train from Neilston may call at the station, but due to the layout one from Newton may not, although it may join the Cathcart Circle. The junction layout was altered in 1961, see Cathcart West Junction for more details. The west end of the station was cut back to accommodate this and the north end of the platform extended. This was in preparation for electrification which was completed in 1962.
The White Cart Water Viaduct crosses the White Cart Water just to the south on a bridge parallel to the station bridge.
On the Cathcart Circle the next station to the west is Langside and to the north is Mount Florida. On the Neilston line the next station is Muirend to the west and on the Newton line the next station is Kings Park.
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Station White Cart WaterExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Cathcart [1st] Kings Park Mount Florida Langside Muirend Crosshill Pollokshaws East Queens Park Croftfoot Crossmyloof Strathbungo Shawlands Pollokshields West Giffnock Pollokshields East | White Cart Water Viaduct Cathcart West Junction SPX Flow Cathcart Power Box Cathcart North Junction Cathcart East Junction Mount Florida Mineral Depot Aikenhead Colliery Nos 1 and 2 Battlefield [Tram] Pollokshaws East Goods Coal Pit Mallsmire Firebrick Works Govan Colliery Pit No 6 Tourist/other Holmwood House Hampden Park Stadium |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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Books
 An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways | An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways |
