 On 29 May 1830, the "Polloc and Govan Railway" was authorised as a public company by Act of Parliament, with capital of £10,000 and authorised borrowing of £5,000.At the eastern end the terminal was in lands in the ownership of the Trustees of Hutcheson's Hospital, "whereby the fair advantage which the measure was calculated to produce might be secured to the institution".Robertson also shows a short westward spur from Eglinton Street towards Shields Bridge; this is referred to as the "Polloc Estate branch" by Robertson.