Paisley Canal railway station

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Paisley Canal
Location
Place	Paisley
Local authority	Renfrewshire
Operations
Station code	PCN
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 **	158,340
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
1885	Opened
???	Station buildings taken out of use and over-line booking office built at Causeyside Street end of platforms.
10 January 1983	Closed
28 July 1990	Re-opened, to the east of Causeyside Street bridge.
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Paisley Canal (source)   * 2002/03 Disclaimer  ** 2004/05 Disclaimer
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Paisley Canal railway station is a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line.

Originally built by the Glasgow and South Western Railway on a loop line to Elderslie Junction due to congestion on the line through Paisley Gilmour Street. Following closure of the Lochwinnoch Loop 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. The passenger service was withdrawn on 10 January 1983.

Only seven years after the closure of Paisley Canal, a train service was recommenced 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.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Paisley Canal railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Paisley Canal railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		First ScotRail  Paisley Canal Line		Hawkhead
Historical Railways
Paisley West Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Paisley Canal Line		Hawkhead
Paisley West until 14 February 1966		British Rail  Paisley Canal Line		Hawkhead until 14 February 1966
Bridge of Weir February 1966 until January 1983		British Rail  Paisley Canal Line		Mosspark February 1966 until January 1983
Johnstone February 1966 until January 1983		British Rail  Ayrshire Coast Line