Paisley East railway station

Paisley East
Paisley East station in the early 1920s
General information
LocationPaisley, Renfrewshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′49″N 4°24′30″W / 55.847015°N 4.408441°W / 55.847015; -4.408441
Grid referenceNS493641
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPaisley and Barrhead District Railway
Key dates
1897Built 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

Railway stations in Paisley
Legend
Up arrow
Glasgow, Paisley &
Greenock Railway
Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock & Ayr Rly
Left arrow
Walkinshaw N & S Junctions
(P&BDR)
Ferguslie
Paisley St James
(GP&GR)
 Paisley Gilmour Street
Up arrow 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
Down arrow
Glasgow & Paisley
Joint Railway
(BB G&SWR)
Potterhill
Hawkhead
(PCL)
(P&BDR)
Dykebar
Right arrow Paisley Canal Line
Gleniffer Goods Depot
Blackbyres
West Junction
 (P&BDR)
Paisley & Barrhead
District Railway
Down arrow
Right arrow Barrhead Branch (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".
  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.