Underwood Coal Depot
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Underwood Coal Depot (1840-1988)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
Description
This was the Caledonian Railway's mineral yard in Paisley, entirely owned by that company.
This depot predated Paisley St James station and its goods yard - it was originally served directly from the station site and dates from around the line's opening.
Later access was by reversal from the goods yard on the east side of Paisley St James station. The yard was at ground level, the nearby main line above street level.
The yard closed around 1988 with the loss of Spillers and Armitage Shanks traffic.
The site has been built over.
There was a temporary signal box at Underwood Road Bridge, just to the south east, in 1907. (Possibly associated with the Gilmour Street rebuilding around 1890 and some resignalling around 1910.)
Tags
Goods yard coal depotAliases
Underwood GoodsExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Paisley Gilmour Street Paisley St James Paisley Hamilton Street Paisley Abercorn Paisley Canal [1st] Paisley Canal Paisley West Paisley East Sandyford Halt Hawkhead Ferguslie Hawkhead [1st] Potterhill Elderslie Dykebar | Underwood Viaduct Underwood Weaving Mills Caledonia Engineering Works St Mirren Engineering Works Paisley Mineral Depot [GSW] Paisley Junction Paisley St James Shed Abercorn Shipbuilding Yard Paisley Gas Works Abercorn Oil Works Carlile Quay Cartvale Ship Building Yard Tourist/other Stoneybrae Signal Box Stoneybrae Twin Signal Box King Street Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1865 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Authorisation to enlarge Paisley Underwood Coal Depot. |
Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
