Paisley Canal railway station

Paisley Canal Scottish Gaelic: Canàl Phàislig
Paisley Canal station in 2013.
General information
Location	Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.8402°N 4.4227°W / 55.8402; -4.4227
Grid reference	NS483634
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	PCN
History
Original company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 July 1885	Opened
10 January 1983	Closed
28 July 1990	Re-opened east of original site
Passengers
2019/20	0.478 million
2020/21	77,142
2021/22	0.192 million
2022/23	0.265 million
2023/24	0.321 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Paisley Canal railway station is a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line.

History

The original station was opened on 1 July 1885 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, situated on a loop line to Elderslie Junction due to congestion on the line through Paisley Gilmour Street. Following closure of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line and the Greenock Princess Pier Line in 1966, local services through Paisley Canal continued through to Kilmacolm, with the occasional boat train to Ardrossan Harbour. In the latter years the Kilmacolm service finished at 7pm. At some point the station buildings were taken out of use and an over-line booking office was built at the Causeyside Street end of the platforms.

The station closed to passengers on 10 January 1983, however seven years later a new train service was commenced on 28 July 1990. As the original station site had been sold and the platforms filled in, a new platform to the east of the Causeyside Street overbridge was constructed within the railway cutting.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central.

On Sundays, an hourly service operates.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		ScotRail Paisley Canal Line		Hawkhead
	Historical railways
Paisley West Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley Canal Line		Hawkhead
Paisley West until 14 February 1966		British Rail Paisley Canal Line		Hawkhead until 14 February 1966
Bridge of Weir February 1966 - January 1983		British Rail Paisley Canal Line		Crookston February 1966 - January 1983
Johnstone February 1966 - January 1983		British Rail Ayrshire Coast Line

Rolling Stock

Since the withdrawal of the last Class 314 EMUs in December 2019 (these having formed most of the trains on the Paisley Canal branch since its electrification in 2012), the majority of services at this station have been worked by Abellio ScotRail (ScotRail since 2022) Class 380s or Class 320s although occasionally Class 318 or Class 385 sets have appeared.

References

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• YouTube video of Paisley Canal station
• YouTube video of the Old Paisley Canal Station