Shields Road subway station
Shields Road subway station is a station of Glasgow Subway, serving the Pollokshields and Kingston areas of Glasgow, Scotland. Nearby is Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Scotland Street School Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: subway station in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Shields Road SPT Subway Station”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scotland Street School Museum and Glasgow Central Station.
Scotland Street School Museum
Museum
Photo: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scotland Street School Museum is a museum of school education in Glasgow, Scotland, in the district of Kingston. It is located in a former school designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 and 1906. Scotland Street School Museum is situated 380 feet southeast of Shields Road subway station.
Glasgow Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Robinson3048, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glasgow Central, usually referred to in Scotland as just Central or Central Station, is one of two principal main line rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow Central Station is situated 1 mile northeast of Shields Road subway station.
Clyde Arc
Bridge
Photo: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Clyde Arc is a road bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, connecting Finnieston near the SEC Armadillo and SEC with Pacific Quay and Glasgow Science Centre in Govan. Clyde Arc is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Shields Road subway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinning Park and Kingston.
Kinning Park
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinning Park is a southern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It was formerly a separate police burgh between 1871 and 1905 before being absorbed by the city. In 1897, it had a population of 14,326.
Kingston
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, from which the Kingston Bridge takes its name. Together with Ibrox, it forms one of the 56 neighbourhoods of Glasgow defined by Glasgow City Council for operational purposes.
Plantation
Suburb
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plantation is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated south of the River Clyde and is part of the former Burgh of Govan. It lies approximately between the areas of Cessnock and Ibrox to the west, Kingston to the east, and Kinning Park to the south.
Shields Road subway station
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.84998° or 55° 50′ 60″ northLongitude
-4.27537° or 4° 16′ 31″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Network
Glasgow SubwayOpen location code
9C7QRPXF+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 30004634OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Ukrainian—“Shields Road subway station” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Shields Roadin metroasema”
- French: “Shields Road”
- Irish: “Rathad Bhuthain”
- Japanese: “シールズ・ロード駅”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shields Road undergrunnsstasjon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shields Road undergrunnstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Shields Road undergrunnsstasjon”
- Russian: “Шилдс Роуд”
- Ukrainian: “Шілдс-Роуд”
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