Place Paisley Station code PCN 2011/12 0.233 million Number of platforms 1 | Grid reference NS483634 Managed by Abellio ScotRail 2012/13 0.218 million | |
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Address Paisley PA1 1YU, United Kingdom Original company Glasgow and South Western Railway Pte Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Similar Paisley St James railway st, Hawkhead railway station, Paisley Gilmour Street rail, Johnstone railway station, Cardonald railway station | ||
Paisley canal railway station infrastructure
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.
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Old paisley canal railway station 1885 1983 renfrewshire scotland
History
The original station was opened on 1 July 1885 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, 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, however seven years later a new train service was commenced on 28 July 1990. 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.