Paisley Canal railway station

Paisley Canal railway station is a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line.

Paisley Canal

Scottish Gaelic: Canàl Phàislig[1]
Paisley Canal station in 2013.
LocationPaisley, Renfrewshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.8402°N 4.4227°W / 55.8402; -4.4227
Grid referenceNS483634
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms1
Other information
Station codePCN
History
Original companyGlasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow and South Western Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 July 1885[2]Opened
10 January 1983[2]Closed
28 July 1990[2]Re-opened east of original site
Passengers
2015/16 0.368 million
2016/17 0.398 million
2017/18 0.389 million
2018/19 0.475 million
2019/20 0.478 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The original station was opened on 1 July 1885 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway,[2] situated on a loop line to Elderslie Junction due to congestion on the line through Paisley Gilmour Street. Following closure of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line and the Greenock Princess Pier Line in 1966, local services through Paisley Canal continued through to Kilmacolm, with the occasional boat train to Ardrossan Harbour. In the latter years the Kilmacolm service finished at 7pm. At some point the station buildings were taken out of use and an over-line booking office was built at the Causeyside Street end of the platforms.

The station closed to passengers on 10 January 1983,[2] however seven years later a new train service was commenced on 28 July 1990.[2] As the original station site had been sold and the platforms filled in, a new platform to the east of the Causeyside Street overbridge was constructed within the railway cutting.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central.

On Sundays, an hourly service operates.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Terminus   Abellio ScotRail
Paisley Canal Line
   Hawkhead
  Historical railways  
Paisley West
Line and station closed		   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Paisley Canal Line
   Hawkhead
Paisley West
until 14 February 1966		   British Rail
Paisley Canal Line
   Hawkhead
until 14 February 1966
Bridge of Weir
February 1966 - January 1983		   British Rail
Paisley Canal Line
   Crookston
February 1966 - January 1983
Johnstone
February 1966 - January 1983		   British Rail
Ayrshire Coast Line
  

Rolling Stock

Since the withdrawal of the last Class 314 EMUs in December 2019 (these having formed most of the trains on the Paisley Canal branch since its electrification in 2012), the majority of services at this station have been worked by ScotRail Class 320s although occasionally Class 318 or Class 385 sets have appeared.

References

Notes
  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt (1995), page 180

Sources
  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.