Paisley Canal

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Paisley Canal (1990-)

Station code: PCN National Rail ScotRail
Where: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Opened on the Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Open on the Paisley Canal Line.

Description

This is a single platform station built to the east of Causeyside Street in 1990 for the Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) re-opening.

It is a replacement for the fine Paisley Canal [1st] on the west side of the Causeyside Street, unfortunately no longer in railway use.

Trains from this station only run east to Glasgow Central. For trains to destinations to the west Paisley Gilmour Street, the main Paisley station, is half a mile to the north along Causeyside Street.

Tags

Station terminus




Chronology Dates

08/01/1983Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Paisley Canal line closed to passengers.
  /  /1986Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Track lifted between Canal Junction [Elderslie] and just east of Paisley Canal. Track singled from Paisley Canal to Corkerhill Depot. Line closed to freight from Canal Junction [Elderslie] to Hawkhead Oil Siding.
28/07/1990Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
Paisley Canal line re-opened to passengers from Glasgow to a new Paisley Canal station. (Also given as the 30th.)

News items

19/10/2013Rail line project is a winner [Evening Times]
09/11/2012Paisley Canal electrification works extended [Network Rail]
07/09/2012Paisley Canal Electrification set to begin [Network Rail Article]
13/07/2012£12M Alliance investment to deliver better trains by Christmas on Paisley Canal [ScotRail]
23/12/2011Strike cancels 100 trains as shoppers struggle to get home for Christmas [Scotsman]
27/07/2000Class 101s withdrawn from Strathclyde