Pollokshields railway station

Pollokshields
Location
Place	Pollokshields
Area	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°50′52″N 4°16′33″W / 55.8478°N 4.2759°W / 55.8478; -4.2759Coordinates: 55°50′52″N 4°16′33″W / 55.8478°N 4.2759°W / 55.8478; -4.2759
Operations
Original company	Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	2
History
14 July 1840	Opened^[1]
1 April 1925	Amalgamated into Shields Road^[1]
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For other Glasgow stations with similar names see Pollokshields East and Pollokshields West.

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.

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.

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 187

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
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 1-8526-0086-1. 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

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