Dykebar railway station

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Dykebar
Dykebarstation.jpg
Dykebar Station in 1960
General information
Location Paisley, Renfrewshire
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
Key dates
1897Built but never opened for passengers

Dykebar was a railway station in the Dykebar area to the south of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway . The line was opened in 1897 and used by coal trains until the 1960s but none of the stations including this one opened for passenger travel.

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It was situated on the east boundary of what are now the grounds of St Andrews school around 200 yards along Hawkhead Road from its junction with Barrhead Road. The remains of a bridge can still be seen at the pedestrian crossing at that location (next to the entrance of Dobbie's Garden Centre) [1] . The station was converted to a two-room and kitchen house [2] before being dismantled by vandals in the late 1960s. The line through Dykebar from Blackbyres to Paisley East goods closed on 31 December 1960. [3]

Railway photographer Norris Forrest visited the area in February 1960 taking pictures of the station platform, a passenger shelter and a train. [4] [5] [6] By observing Ross House (which is still there) behind the shelter it is possible to pinpoint the original position of the station. [7] There is no sign of the concrete platform today, the only structure on the site being a wall. [8] Other railway artifacts can be seen on the satellite image in the adjoining field including a bridge which would have taken trains into Hawkhead Hospital. [9] St. Andrews school is in the background.

Notes

The Norris Forrest photographs are the copyright of the Great North of Scotland Railway Association. [10]

  1. ↑ "remains of a bridge at Dobbie's Garden Centre".
  2. ↑ Canadian Railways Magazine (1955)
  3. ↑ "Closed railway lines in Britain and Ireland". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008.
  4. ↑ "Dykebar station platform February 1960". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  5. ↑ "Dykebar station passenger shelter - zoom in to see name of station - February 1960". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  6. ↑ "Train near Dykebar station - February 1960". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  7. ↑ "Google satellite image of approx. location". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  8. ↑ "Wall at station site". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  9. ↑ "Bridge to Hawkhead hospital". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  10. ↑ "Great North of Scotland Railway Association".

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References

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Barrhead (New)
Line and station closed		  Caledonian Railway
Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
  Paisley East
Line and station closed

55°49′55″N4°23′42″W / 55.8320°N 4.3949°W / 55.8320; -4.3949

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