Greenlaw Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Greenlaw GoodsOpened on the Paisley Abercorn Curve and Greenlaw Goods (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway).
Description
This goods station was located in the 'V' of the junction between the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway and the curve to the Paisley and Renfrew Railway. It was opened when the goods yard at Paisley Gilmour Street was no longer big enough to handle the traffic.
The yard was approached from the east, from Greenlaw Junction. The was the junction of the goods loop lines which ran east to Arkleston Junction and with spurs north west to Paisley Abercorn (the original connecting curve to the Renfew line) and west to Wallneuk Junction. This junction was controlled by 'Paisley Goods' box.
There was a small two road single ended shed at the west end of the site.
The yard had, from north to south, two sets of plain sidings, two sets of sidings serving a loading bank, a three road goods shed and marshalling sidings. These were all approached from [Greenlaw Junction]].
The signal box closed in 1966. The yard closed around 1970.
The yard is lifted except for a single siding, used for a tamper. The yard site is now a car park and small industrial estate.
Paisley Power Box is in the south of the former site, on the north side of the railway.
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Yard goodsAliases
Paisley Goods
| Nearby stations Paisley Hamilton Street Paisley Abercorn Paisley Gilmour Street Paisley East Paisley Canal Paisley Canal [1st] Hawkhead Hawkhead [1st] Paisley St James Paisley West Sandyford Halt Dykebar Potterhill South Renfrew Renfrew Porterfield | Paisley Signalling Centre Wallneuk Junction Vulcan Foundry [Paisley] [2nd] Vulcan Works [Paisley] Abercorn Foundry Abercorn Shipbuilding Yard Abbey Works Greenlaw Junction Carlile Quay Laighpark Engineering Works Paisley East Junction Lacy Street Depot Paisley Junction Tourist/other Paisley Abbey Stoneybrae Twin Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1863 | Paisley and Renfrew Railway
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Curve to connect the Paisley and Renfrew Railway to the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway authorised. A goods station at Garrowhill (Greenlaw Goods) is also authorised for the Glasgow and South Western Railway, with the option for the Caledonian Railway that is become a joint goods station. |
