Paisley Canal
Location type
StationName and dates
Paisley Canal (1990-)Station code: PCN National Rail ScotRail
Where: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Opened on the Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Open on the Paisley Canal Line.
Description
This is a single platform station built to the east of Causeyside Street in 1990 for the Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) re-opening.
It is a replacement for the fine Paisley Canal [1st] on the west side of the Causeyside Street, unfortunately no longer in railway use.
Trains from this station only run east to Glasgow Central. For trains to destinations to the west Paisley Gilmour Street, the main Paisley station, is half a mile to the north along Causeyside Street.
Tags
Station terminus
| Nearby stations Paisley Canal [1st] Paisley Gilmour Street Paisley West Paisley Hamilton Street Paisley East Paisley Abercorn Hawkhead Potterhill Hawkhead [1st] Paisley St James Dykebar Glenfield Ferguslie Stanely Sandyford Halt | Saucel Goods Saucel Iron Works Paisley Canal Basin Anchor Mills Soho Engine Works [Paisley] Abbey Works Paisley Junction Paisley Mineral Depot [GSW] Wallneuk Junction Abercorn Shipbuilding Yard Abercorn Foundry Tourist/other Saucel Distillery Saucel Signal Box Paisley Abbey Stoneybrae Twin Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 08/01/1983 | Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Paisley Canal line closed to passengers. |
| / /1986 | Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Track lifted between Canal Junction [Elderslie] and just east of Paisley Canal. Track singled from Paisley Canal to Corkerhill Depot. Line closed to freight from Canal Junction [Elderslie] to Hawkhead Oil Siding. |
| 28/07/1990 | Paisley Canal Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Paisley Canal line re-opened to passengers from Glasgow to a new Paisley Canal station. (Also given as the 30th.) |
