Potterhill railway station

Potterhill
Potterhill station in 2006.
General information
Location	Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°49′36″N4°25′21″W / 55.8266°N 4.4224°W / 55.8266; -4.4224
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1886	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed for passengers
1959	closed for freight
Location

Potterhill railway station was a railway station to the south of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway's short-lived Barrhead Branch.

History

The station opened on 1 June 1886, ^[1] and was closed on 1 January 1917. ^[1] Although originally an intermediate station on the 3.25 mile line between Paisley West and Barrhead Central, ^[2] services between Barrhead and Potterhill were terminated in 1913, ^[2] leaving Potterhill as the branch terminus for the remainder of its life. Freight services continued at this station until 1959. ^[2]

Footnotes

1. Butt, page 190
2. Stansfield, page 38

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN   1-85260-508-1.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine. ISBN   1-84033-077-5.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Barrhead Central Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Barrhead Branch		Paisley West Line and station closed