Shields railway station

55°50′52″N 4°16′32″W / 55.84769°N 4.27553°W / 55.84769; -4.27553Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGlasgow and South Western RailwayPost-groupingLMSKey dates1885Opened^[1]1 April 1925Amalgamated with Shields Road station and Pollokshields station into new Shields Road^[2]14 February 1966Closed^[2]

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.^[1][3]

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

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

• Photographs and historical maps of Shields Junction, Glasgow, before and after the building of the stations