Place Pollokshields Post-grouping LMS Platforms in use 2 | Area Glasgow 14 July 1840 Opened | |
Pre-grouping Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways 1 April 1925 Amalgamated into Shields Road Original company Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Similar Bellahouston railway station, Strathbungo railway station, Partickhill railway station, Crow Road railway station, Finnieston railway station | ||
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. 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, 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.