Paisley East railway station

Paisley East
Paisley East station in the early 1920s
General information
Location	Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′49″N4°24′30″W / 55.847015°N 4.408441°W / 55.847015; -4.408441
Grid reference	NS493641
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
Key dates
1897	Built but never opened for passengers

Paisley East was an unopened railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

History

The station was originally part of the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway. The line was opened in 1897 and used for freight until the 1960s but none of the stations opened for passenger travel.

As can be seen on the linked map, ^[1] it was situated on the north side of Glasgow Road on the site of what became the Kelburn cinema, now the Kelburn Retirement Flats near the Sherwood Church. From the station to Seedhill Road, the line ran down Lacy Street along a very high wall. The station was first turned into a garage ^[2] then demolished in 1928. ^{[3] [4]} However, the branch continued into Paisley East goods at Cecil Street crossing Lacy Street at street level. ^{[5] [6] [7]} The branch from Blackbyres junction to Paisley East goods closed on 31 December 1960. ^[8]

The location of the station and the goods yard can be fixed today (as of 2009) because John Lyon's coal shop was still there (at 52 Glasgow Road) with a lion sculpture above the entrance. ^[9] The shop is now a hairdresser's salon. The station was directly opposite at the other side of Glasgow Road. ^[10]

A rail tour operated by the Stephenson Locomotive Society on 1 September 1951. ^{[11] [12]} started at Paisley East Goods at Cecil Street and made its way to Barrhead South. ^[13]

ex-Caledonian Railway 0-6-0 No. 57266 at Paisley East Mineral Depot

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dykebar Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Paisley and Barrhead District Railway		Paisley Gilmour Street Line never completed; Station open

See also

v t e Railway stations in Paisley
Legend
Glasgow, Paisley & Greenock Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Rly Walkinshaw N & S Junctions (P&BDR) Ferguslie Paisley St James (GP&GR) Paisley Gilmour Street 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 Glasgow & Paisley Joint Railway (BB G&SWR) Potterhill Hawkhead (PCL) (P&BDR) Dykebar Paisley Canal Line Gleniffer Goods Depot Blackbyres West Junction (P&BDR) Paisley & Barrhead District Railway Barrhead Branch (G&SWR) Railways BB G&SWR Barrhead Branch G&SWR CR Caledonian Railway G&PJR Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Joint CR / G&SWR G&SWR Glasgow and South Western Railway GP&GR Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Caledonian Railway GPK&AR Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway G&SWR P&BDR Paisley and Barrhead District Railway Caledonian Railway P&RR Paisley and Renfrew Railway G&SWR PCL Paisley Canal Line G&SWR

References

Notes

1. "1923 map of area. The station is the black square in the centre above Glasgow Road (yellow)" . Retrieved 19 September 2007.
2. Canadian Railways Magazine (1955)
3. Smith (1993)
4. "Glasgow railways - a chronology website". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
5. "Seedhill Road bridge showing routes to goods yard and closed line to Paisley East Norris Forrest 1960". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
6. "1951 excursion emerging from coal yard crossing Lacy Street GH Robin". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
7. "Train in coal yard 1949 GH Robin". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
8. "Closed railway lines in Britain and Ireland". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008.
9. "Lyon's coal shop entrance 2008". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
10. "Google satellite". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
11. Seller and Stevenson
12. "Photographs of only passenger train journey in 1951". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
13. The Railway Magazine

Sources

• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• Canadian National Magazine By Canadian National Railways V. 40, no. 12 (January 1955)
• Seller, W.S.; Stevenson, J.L. (1980). The Last Trains, Volume 2: Glasgow & Central Scotland. Edinburgh: Moorfoot Publishing. ISBN   0-9066-0602-0. OCLC   25917538.
• Smith, W.A.C. and Anderson, P. An illustrated history of Glasgow's railways Irwell Press 1993
• Thomas, John (Introduction) (n.d.) [post-1977 and pre-1982]. Smith, W. A. C. (compiler) (ed.). Rails Around Glasgow. Paisley: Scottish Steam Railtours Group. ISBN   0-9506-9090-2.

• The Railway Magazine November 1951 issue
• Dedicated web page
• RAILSCOT on Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
• Paisley East station on navigable OS map