The station was opened as Pollokshaws on 27 September 1848 by Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway,[REF] which later became the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway - a joint railway company between the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway.
It was not until British Railways days - 5 May 1952[REF] - that the station was renamed as Pollokshaws West.