Pollokshields railway station

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Pollokshields

Location

Location

Pollokshields

Area

Glasgow

Coordinates

55°50′52″N 4°16′33″W / 55.8478, -4.2759Coordinates: 55°50′52″N 4°16′33″W / 55.8478, -4.2759

Operations

Original company

Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway

Pre-grouping

Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways

Platforms

History

14 July 1840

Opened

1 April 1925

Amalgamated into Shields Road

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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.

[edit] History

The station opened on 14 July 1840.^[1] The station amalgamated with Shields Road railway station and Shields railway 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.

[edit] Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Butt, page 187

[edit] References

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

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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