Pollokshields railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Pollokshields
other_name=


caption =
line = Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
manager = Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
locale = Pollokshields
borough = Glasgow
latitude = 55.8478
longitude = -4.2759
years = 14 July 1840
events = Opened
years1 = 1 April 1925
events1 = Amalgamated into Shields Road
platforms = 2|:"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

The station opened on 14 July 1840.Butt, page 187] The station amalgamated with Shields Road railway station and Shields railway station on 1 April 1925, 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.

Footnotes

References

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

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