RAILSCOT | Linwood Car Plant

/ /1960	Linwood Pressed Steel Opened before Linwood Car Plant.
/05/1961	Linwood Car Plant Construction begins.
/05/1963	Linwood Car Plant Hillman Imp enters production.
/05/1963	Linwood Car Plant Opened by Rootes.
/ /1964	Linwood Car Plant Chrysler buys a portion of Rootes.
/ /1967	Linwood Car Plant Chrysler buys Rootes.
/ /1977	Linwood Car Plant Hillman Imp manufacturing stops after 440,032 cars.
/ /1979	Linwood Car Plant Peugeot buys Chrysler UK and Europe for one dollar.
/ /1981	Linwood Car Plant Auction of assets of the plant following closure.
/05/1981	Paisley and Barrhead District Railway St James Junction to Linwood Car Plant closed to freight (track remains until 1987). Alternative date 21/10/1984.
/05/1981	Linwood Car Plant Closed.
/ /1987	Linwood Car Plant Most of works, including paint shop, demolished.
/ /1996	Linwood Car Plant Remaining vehicle assembly building demolished.