Paisley Abercorn railway station

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Paisley Abercorn
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The station site in 2007
General information
Location Paisley, Renfrewshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°51′07″N4°25′08″W / 55.8519°N 4.4190°W / 55.8519; -4.4190 Coordinates: 55°51′07″N4°25′08″W / 55.8519°N 4.4190°W / 55.8519; -4.4190
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Paisley and Renfrew Railway
Pre-grouping Glasgow & 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.

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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The station closed permanently to regular passenger services on 5 June 1967, when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line.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
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Walkinshaw N & S Junctions
Ferguslie
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Paisley St James
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Paisley Gilmour Street
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Wallneuk Junction
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Paisley
Hamilton Street
Greenlaw
Goods
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Paisley Abercorn
Stanely
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Glenfield
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Arkleston Junction
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Paisley West
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Paisley East
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Paisley Canal
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Potterhill
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Hawkhead
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Dykebar
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Gleniffer Goods Depot
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Blackbyres
West Junction
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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.

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