St James Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
St James Junction (1902-1988)Opened on the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway.
Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
Description
This junction for the [1902 [Paisley and Barrhead District Railway]] was just west of Paisley St James station on the 1841 Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway. In its final days the branch was a single track serving the former Pressed Steel Co Ltd works.
It was originally a double track junction controlled by Paisley St James signal box (opened in 1902) on the down platform of Paisley St James station. The line ran west to Walkinshaw South Junction.
In the 1923 the junction became a single lead junction to a double line and by the 1960s the eastbound line had been lifted.
From 1941 St James Junction was the only point of entry to the line, the connection at Lyoncross Junction having been taken out. Walkinshaw Branch Junction was out of use in 1922
The line closed about 1984 and the junction was taken out. The line was lifted in 1988.
Tags
JunctionExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
06/08/2019
| Nearby stations Paisley St James Paisley Gilmour Street Paisley West Paisley Hamilton Street Paisley Abercorn Paisley Canal [1st] Paisley Canal Ferguslie Paisley East Sandyford Halt Elderslie Hawkhead Hawkhead [1st] Potterhill South Renfrew | Paisley St James Shed Abercorn Oil Works Paisley Gas Works Caledonia Engineering Works Walkinshaw South Junction Paisley Western Coal Depot [2nd] Walkinshaw Branch Junction Paisley Western Coal Depot [1st] St Mirren Engineering Works Underwood Weaving Mills Underwood Coal Depot Underwood Viaduct Inkerman Oil Works Tourist/other King Street Signal Box Stoneybrae Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /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. |
Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |  The Paisley & Barrhead District Railway |
