Hawkhead railway station
Hawkhead railway station is a railway station in the Seedhill area of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 6½ miles (10 km) west of Glasgow Central.
Hawkhead  | |
|---|---|
 Hawkhead station in 2009. | |
| Location | Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.8421°N 4.3995°W |
| Grid reference | NS498635 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | HKH |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1894 | Opened[1] |
| 1 January 1917 | Closed[1] |
| 1919 | Reopened[1] |
| 14 February 1966 | Closed[1] |
| 12 April 1991 | New station, reopened by British Rail[1] |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.201 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.224 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.224 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.244 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.249 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
The station opened on 1 May 1894 and was closed on 1 January 1917.[1] It was reopened in 1919 and was closed to passengers on 14 February 1966.[1]
A newly built station opened on 12 April 1991[1] following the resumption of train services on the Paisley Canal Line, in 1990 by British Rail.
Services
Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Paisley Canal and eastbound to Glasgow Central.
On Sundays, an hourly service operates to both Paisley Canal and Glasgow Central,
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paisley Canal | Abellio ScotRail Paisley Canal Line |
Crookston | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Paisley Canal | Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley Canal Line |
Crookston | ||
References
Notes
- Butt (1995), page 32
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- 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.
- RAILSCOT Hawkhead photographs from 1953 to present
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