Paisley Abercorn
The station site in 2007
General information
LocationPaisley, Renfrewshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′07″N 4°25′08″W / 55.8519°N 4.4190°W / 55.8519; -4.4190
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPaisley and Renfrew Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow & South Western
Key dates
1 May 1866Opened as Paisley G&SW
2 January 1880Renamed Paisley Abercorn
5 June 1967[1]Closed

Paisley Abercorn railway station was a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was built by the Glasgow and South Western railway when the former Scotch gauge Paisley and Renfrew Railway was converted to Standard Gauge and was joined to the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway at Arkleston Junction.

History

The station opened on 1 May 1866, it replaced the earlier terminal station at Paisley Hamilton Street.[2]

The station closed permanently to regular passenger services on 5 June 1967, when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line.[2] Freight traffic ceased in 1981 and the track was lifted in 1986.

Both platforms remain, (albeit covered in vegetation) but all buildings have been removed.

The site of the former Paisley Abercorn railway station goods yard was used to build a DIY superstore operated by Tesco in the late 1970s - unlike most Tesco stores, for most of its life it was forbidden to sell food. In the 1980s the store was sold to become a DIY superstore - "Great Mills"; Great Mills has changed ownership and has since been renamed.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Sandyford Halt
Line and station closed		   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Paisley and Renfrew Railway
   Cardonald
Line closed, station open

See also

Railway stations in Paisley
Up arrow
Glasgow, Paisley &
Greenock Railway
Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock & Ayr Rly
Left arrow
Walkinshaw N & S Junctions
(P&BDR)
Ferguslie
Paisley St James
(GP&GR)
 Paisley Gilmour Street
Up arrow Paisley & Renfrew Rly
Wallneuk Junction
Paisley
Hamilton Street
(P&RR)
(P&RR)
Greenlaw
Goods
Paisley Abercorn
(P&RR)
(P&BDR)
Stanely
(P&BDR)
Glenfield
Arkleston Junction
(PCL)
Paisley West
Paisley East
(P&BDR)
(PCL)
Paisley Canal
Down arrow
Glasgow & Paisley
Joint Railway
(BB G&SWR)
Potterhill
Hawkhead
(PCL)
(P&BDR)
Dykebar
Right arrow Paisley Canal Line
Gleniffer Goods Depot
Blackbyres
West Junction
 (P&BDR)
Paisley & Barrhead
District Railway
Down arrow
Right arrow Barrhead Branch (G&SWR)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 331. OCLC 931112387.
  2. 1 2 Butt (1995). Page 180.

References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.


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