Sandyford Halt
Location type
StationNames and dates
Sandyford Halt [Private] (1914-1966)Sandyford Halt (1966-1967)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Paisley and Renfrew Railway.Description
This was a private halt which was only short lived as a public station. It was a timber platform halt. The platform was on the west side of the line, just south of Wright Street.
The halt was provided for and alongside Ogston and Tennant's Renfrew Mill, the line running just to the east with sidings approaching the mill from the south.
The line had been singled (southbound line lifted) by the time the halt opened. In photographs it looks like a double track because the second track was a headshunt for works to the north (Babcox And Wilcox Boiler Works), where the line re-doubled.
To the south sidings radiated out from Sandyford Signal Box (1911-1936).
The trackbed southwards was converted into a footpath after track lifting around 1986. The footpath is no longer in use.
Tags
Station haltExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations South Renfrew Renfrew Porterfield Paisley Abercorn Paisley Hamilton Street Renfrew Fulbar Street Paisley East Paisley Gilmour Street Paisley St James Kings Inch Hawkhead Renfrew Wharf Hawkhead [1st] Hillington West Paisley Canal Paisley Canal [1st] | Renfrew Mill Babcock and Wilcox Works [Renfrew] Thistle Works (Engineering & Shipbuilding) Sandyford Chemical Works Merksworth Shipbuilding Yard Sandyford Metal Window Works Cart Harbour Renfrew Forge and Steel Works Clyde Rubber Works Phoenix Works Shipbuilding and Engineering Nethercommon Harbour Albert Cabinet Works Tourist/other Sandyford Signal Box Paisley New Harbour Glasgow Airport |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 05/06/1967 | Paisley and Renfrew Railway Renfrew Wharf to Arkleston Junction (excluded) closed to passengers. Renfrew Wharf, Renfrew Fulbar Street, South Renfrew, Sandyford Halt and Paisley Abercorn stations closed. |
| 05/01/1981 | Paisley and Renfrew Railway Arkleston Junction to near Sandyford Halt closed officially (track remains until 1986). |
