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Shields railway station

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Place
  
Pollokshields

Post-grouping
  
LMS

14 February 1966
  
Closed

Area
  
Glasgow

1885
  
Opened

Platforms in use
  
2

1 April 1925
  
Amalgamated with Shields Road station and Pollokshields station into new Shields Road

Original company
  
Glasgow and South Western Railway

Similar
  
Bellahouston railway station, Strathbungo railway station, Partickhill railway station, Crow Road railway station, Possil railway station

For other Glasgow stations with similar names see Shields Road subway station and Shields Road railway station.

Shields railway station was a railway station in Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland.

History

Shields station was built by the Glasgow and South Western Railway when the Paisley Canal Line opened in 1885.

Contemporary maps show that, at Shields Junction, the Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal and towpath had run alongside the Caledonian Railway line shortly before it connected to the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway. There was plenty of space for the development of the new line and station buildings, as the canal had not followed as straight a course as the railway track to replace it would.

After Shields station opened, there were three adjacent stations at Shields Junction operated by different railway companies. Shields Road station and Pollokshields station were situated to the north of Shields station.

References

Shields railway station Wikipedia