Pollokshields railway station

Pollokshields
General information
Location	Pollokshields, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8478°N 4.2759°W / 55.8478; -4.2759
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
14 July 1840	Opened[1]
1 April 1925	Amalgamated into Shields Road[1]

Pollokshields railway station was a railway station in Pollokshields, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway. It was opened in 1840 and amalgamated into the neighbouring Shields Road station in 1925.

History

Sources published in the late 20th century claim that Pollokshields station opened on 14 July 1840.^[1] Contemporary 19th century sources would suggest however that both Pollokshields station and Shields Road station were created as part of the general reorganisation of rail links between Paisley and Glasgow in the 1870s, in preparation for the opening of St Enoch station and Glasgow Central station. The adjacent Shields station was developed around the time that the Paisley Canal Line opened in 1885.

Pollokshields station amalgamated with Shields Road station and Shields station on 1 April 1925,^[1] creating a larger Shields Road station. This combined station was located within the complex of lines forming Shields Junction. In 2007, part of the platforms where the City of Glasgow Union Railway and the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway crossed over the former General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway are still visible.

See also

• Pollokshields East railway station
• Pollokshields West railway station

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 187

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ibrox Line open; station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway		Bridge Street Line open; station closed
Line connects into Shields Junction complex		North British and Glasgow & South Western Railways City of Glasgow Union Railway		Cumberland Street Line open; station closed

External links

• Photographs and historical maps of Shields Junction, Glasgow, before and after the building of the stations