Potterhill railway station

Potterhill railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Potterhill
other_name=


caption = Potterhill station in 2006
manager = Glasgow and South Western Railway
locale = Paisley
borough = Renfrewshire
latitude = 55.8266
longitude = -4.4224
years = 1 June 1886
events = Opened
years1 = 1 January 1917
events1 = Closed
platforms = 2|

Potterhill railway station was a railway station to the south of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway's shortlived Barrhead Branch.

History

The station opened on 1 June 1886,Butt, page 190] and closed 1 January 1917. Although originally an intermediate station on the 3.25 mile line between Paisley West and Barrhead Central,Stansfield, page 38] services between Barrhead and Potterhill were terminated in 1913, leaving Potterhill as the branch terminus for the remainder of its life. Freight services continued at this station until 1959.

Footnotes

References

*Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
*Stansfield, G. (1999). "Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways", Stenlake Publishing, Catrine. ISBN 1-84033-077-5.

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