Paisley Abercorn railway station

Paisley Abercorn
The station site in 2007
General information
Location	Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.8500°N 4.4167°W / 55.8500; -4.4167
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Paisley and Renfrew Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow & South Western
Key dates
1 May 1866	Opened as Paisley G&SW
2 January 1880	Renamed Paisley Abercorn
5 June 1967	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.

History

The station opened on 1 May 1866, it replaced the earlier terminal station at Paisley Hamilton Street.

The station closed permanently to regular passenger services on 5 June 1967, when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line, as part of the Beeching Axe. 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 Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley and Renfrew Railway		Terminus Arkleston Junction

See also

Railway stations in Paisley
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

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.