Polmadie Depot

Location type

Loco shed

Name and dates

Polmadie Depot (1977-)

Opened on the Polloc and Govan Railway.




Chronology Dates

03/06/1997Eurostar
A Eurostar train (set UN2) was dragged from North Pole Depot to Polmadie Depot for gauging trials. The proposed service from Glasgow Central to Paris for late 1997 never began.

News items

05/02/2021Avanti West Coast train suffers 'significant damage' in Glasgow derailment [Scotsman]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways

Caledonian Railway

Glasgow Stations