Paisley Abercorn railway station

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Paisley Abercorn
Location
Location	Paisley
Area	Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°51′00″N 4°25′00″W / 55.8500, -4.4167Coordinates: 55°51′00″N 4°25′00″W / 55.8500, -4.4167
Operations
Original company	Paisley and Renfrew Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow & South Western
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1866	Opened as Paisley G&SW
2 January 1880	Renamed Paisley Abercorn
5 June 1967	Closed
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Paisley Abercorn railway station was a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was built by the Glasgow and South Western railway when the former Scotch gauge Paisley and Renfrew Railway was converted to Standard Gauge and was joined to the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway at Arkleston Junction.

[edit] History

The station opened on 1 May 1866, it replaced the earlier terminal station at Paisley Hamilton Street.^[1]

The station closed permanently to regular passenger services on 5 June 1967, when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line, as part of the Beeching Axe.^[1] Freight traffic ceased in 1981 and the track was lifted in 1986.

One platform is still visible, but all buildings have been removed.

The site of the former Paisley Abercorn railway station goods yard was used to build a DIY superstore operated by Tesco in the late 1970s - unlike most Tesco stores, for most of its life it was forbidden to sell food. In the 1980s the store was sold to become a DIY superstore - "Great Mills"; Great Mills has changed ownership and has since been renamed.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt (1995). Page 180.

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Sandyford Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Paisley and Renfrew Railway		Terminus Arkleston Junction