Sir John Train JP DL (8 May 1873 – 18 March 1942) was a Scottish politician who was a Unionist Party MP for Glasgow Cathcart.
He was a master builder by profession, following in his father's footsteps, establishing a business at the turn of the 20th century in Rutherglen – also living in the area for most of his life – along with his brother-in-law William Taylor (originally from County Down).
[5] Their John Train & Taylor company was involved in construction projects in Glasgow including the Alhambra Theatre,[4] a prominent office block at Bell Street/High Street, the reconstruction of the McLellan Galleries, the Meadowside Granary and Dalmarnock Power Station (located directly on the River Clyde, a matter of a few hundred yards from their offices), as well as the Argyll Motor Works in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire.
[5] Investments were made in stone quarrying on the nearby hills and housebuilding,[3] including a development of bungalows and quartered villas on land the family owned near their home in Burnside.
Some of this land was donated for the construction of the Burnside lawn bowls club (established 1909) – local greens still compete for the 'John Train Cup' – and the adjacent parish church[8] (although the main building for this, relocated from its original site in Pollokshields, was not completed until after his death.