RAILSCOT | Polmadie Shed

Polmadie Shed

Location type

Loco shed

Name and dates

Polmadie Shed (1875-1967)

Opened on the Polloc and Govan Railway.

Description

This was an important single ended shed with 16 roads, approached from the east. It was located north of the former Polloc and Govan Railway. It was an important shed around two miles south east of Glasgow Central, ideally located where many lines met.

The shed was rebuilt several times, notably around 1923 (replacement of wooden shed) and in the 1940s. Both times the yard was also rearranged.

With the later rebuilding the repair shop was in the north part of the building, separated from the running shed by offices and stores. Coaling plant and ash disposal were provided in the yard. There was a yard box within the lines at the east end.

British Railways assigned the code 66A with sub sheds Motherwell Shed and Paisley St James Shed.

After closure in 1967 the site was redeveloped as a diesel and electric traction maintenance depot. The site is now Polmadie Depot.

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map

Nearby stations Crosshill Gushetfaulds South Side [CR] South Side [GB and NDR] Gorbals Dalmarnock Main Street Gorbals Bridgeton Goods Bridgeton Bridgeton [1st] Queens Park Glasgow Green Bridgeton [2nd] Mount Florida Eglinton Street	Polmadie Depot Sentinel Works Coal Pit Polmadie Industrial Gases Works Coal Pit Polmadie BOC Siding Queens Park Locomotive Works Polmadie Mineral Sidings Mallsmire Firebrick Works Coal Pit Govan Colliery Pit No 5 Gushetfaulds Junction Colliery Works Greenhead Foundry Tourist/other Polmadie Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1872	William Smith Dixon Polloc and Govan Railway William Smith Dixon gives the railway permission to build a new locomotive shed (Polmadie Shed), so long as it did not disturb Dixons own railway (Govan Iron Works Railway) which ran through an old quarry and was used for dumping slag and a level crossing over Polmadie Road to part of the Govan Colliery.
/ /1872	Govan Iron Works Railway Dixon's Private Railway or Govan Iron Works Railway authorised to pass underneath the Polloc and Govan Railway on a new alignment (replacing an older alignment) west of Polmadie Shed, running from Govan Iron Works (north) to the colliery (south).
10/12/1872	Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) Two road shed at Baillieston Shed opened in connection with Bredisholm and Baillieston pits. Sub-shed of Polmadie Shed.
25/09/1873	Polloc and Govan Railway Decide to build the new Polmadie Shed discussed with William Dixon Ltd.
30/12/1873	Polloc and Govan Railway Railway buys land for a new Polmadie Shed, Rutherglen, from William Dixon Ltd for £12,750.
29/12/1874	Polloc and Govan Railway Signal box at the new Rutherglen shed under construction called Polmadie Shed.
/07/1875	Polloc and Govan Railway Rutherglen shed, built in timber, renamed Polmadie Shed, partly brought into use.
16/09/1875	Polloc and Govan Railway Polmadie Shed fully open.
/ /1878	Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Railway) Eglinton Street Shed, a four road brick locomotive shed with 42ft turntable, opened to reduce light engine movements to Polmadie Shed via the congested Bridge Street Junction to Gushetfaulds section. The new shed was a sub-shed of Polmadie. Opened in anticipation of Glasgow Central.
/09/1888	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Four road shed opened at Ardrossan North, (Ardrossan Shed [CR]), with 42ft Cowans Sheldon Works turntable. Built by Robert McAlpine. Sub-shed of Polmadie Shed.
/ /1923	Polloc and Govan Railway Polmadie Shed starts to be re-built in brick.
/ /1924	Polloc and Govan Railway Polmadie Shed re-building in brick complete.
/ /1934	Polloc and Govan Railway Polmadie Shed turntable replaced with 70ft.
/ /1935	Polloc and Govan Railway Polmadie Shed coded 27A.
/ /1940	Polloc and Govan Railway Second 70ft turntable installed at Polmadie Shed.
/ /1940	Polloc and Govan Railway Northern part of the Polmadie Mineral Sidings (Shawfield Yard) traffic sidings incorporated into Polmadie Shed during re-construction of the shed. A new coaling plant was erected.
/ /1949	Polloc and Govan Railway Polmadie Shed coded 66A.
/ /1951	Scottish Central Railway New Stirling South Shed round-house is set-out with a turntable from Polmadie Shed, however the work is abandoned and demolished.
28/05/1967	Polloc and Govan Railway Polmadie Shed closed to steam.
/ /1974	Polloc and Govan Railway Polmadie Shed closed when West Coast Main Line electrification reaches Glasgow. The site was re-developed as a carriage depot.