Shields Junction

Shields Junction is the name given to the busy railway junction in the Shields Road area of Glasgow, Scotland.
The junction is heavily used by both passenger and freight services running on three separate railway lines out of Glasgow Central station. Passenger services operated by ScotRail run to , Ayr, Largs, Ardrossan, Gourock and Wemyss Bay as well as the less frequent Stranraer service. Freight operations through the junction are usually from either Elderslie, Ayr Falkland Yard or Hunterston Terminal.
Shields Junction is situated beside Shields Depot, which along with Corkerhill Depot are the main railway depots used by SPT on the south-west side of Glasgow.
As part of plans for the proposed Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL), the section of the Ayrshire and Inverclyde lines between Shields Junction and Arkleston Junction, approximately east of , was to have had a third track installed in order to provide additional capacity for trains serving Glasgow Airport. In preparation for this, Shields Junction was remodelled and resignalled over the December 2007January 2008 period. Although the GARL project was later cancelled in 2009, a number of improvements for the Glasgow-Paisley line originating in the GARL plans were carried forward in the subsequent Paisley Corridor Improvements Project and the additional track was brought into service in 2012.

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