Underwood Coal Depot
Location type
Sidings
Name and dates
Underwood Coal Depot (1840-1988)
Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
Description
This was the Caledonian Railway's mineral yard in Paisley, entirely owned by that company.
This depot predated Paisley St James station and its goods yard - it was originally served directly from the station site and dates from around the line's opening.
Later access was by reversal from the goods yard on the east side of Paisley St James station. The yard was at ground level, the nearby main line above street level.
The yard closed around 1988 with the loss of Spillers and Armitage Shanks traffic.
The site has been built over.
There was a temporary signal box at Underwood Road Bridge, just to the south east, in 1907. (Possibly associated with the Gilmour Street rebuilding around 1890 and some resignalling around 1910.)
Tags
Goods yard coal depotExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
Nearby stations Paisley Gilmour Street Paisley St James Paisley Hamilton Street Paisley Abercorn Paisley Canal [1st] Paisley Canal Paisley West Paisley East Sandyford Halt Hawkhead Ferguslie Hawkhead [1st] Potterhill Elderslie Dykebar | Other railway and industry locations Underwood Coal Depot Underwood Viaduct Stoneybrae Signal Box Paisley Mineral Depot (GSW) Ayrshire Coal Depot Stoneybrae Twin Signal Box Paisley Junction Paisley St James Shed King Street Signal Box Paisley Gas Works St James Junction Paisley Western Coal Depot [2nd] Wallneuk Junction Paisley Signalling Centre Greenlaw Goods Tourist/other Paisley Abbey |
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