Paisley East railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Paisley East


caption = Paisley East station in the early 1920s
manager = Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
locale = Paisley
borough = Renfrewshire
platforms =
years = 1897
events = Built
years1 = 1897
events1 = Never opened for passengers

Paisley East was a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

History

The station was originally part of the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway. The line was opened in 1897 and used for freight until the 1960s but none of the stations including this one opened for passenger travel.

As can be seen on the linked map,citeweb|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/1923paisleyEastmap.jpg|title=1923 map of area. The station is the black square in the centre above Glasgow Road (yellow). |accessdate=2007-09-19] it was situated on the north side of Glasgow Road on the site of what became the Kelburn cinema, now the Kelburn Retirement Flats near the Sherwood Church. From the station to Seedhill Road, the line ran down Lacy Street along a very high wall . The station was first turned into a garage Canadian Railways Magazine (1955)] then demolished in 1928.Smith (1993)] citeweb|url=http://www.cat-flap.demon.co.uk/glasgow2.htm#2|title= Glasgow railways - a chronology website] However, the branch continued into Paisley East goods at Cecil Street crossing Lacy Street at street level. citeweb|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/paisley/seedhillbridge.jpg|title= Seedhill Road bridge showing routes to goods yard and closed line to Paisley East Norris Forrest 1960. |accessdate=2007-12-07] citeweb|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/scan/lacystreet.jpg|title=1951 excursion emerging from coal yard crossing Lacy Street GH Robin.|accessdate=2007-12-07] citeweb|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/paisley/coalyardlacystreet.jpg|title= Train in coal yard 1949 GH Robin.|accessdate=2007-12-07] The branch from Blackbyres junction to Paisley East goods closed on 31 December 1960. citeweb|url=http://www.closedlines.free-online.co.uk/gb_sc_x.htm|title= Closed railway lines in Britain and Ireland]

A rail tour operated by the Stephenson Locomotive Society on 1 September

Links

References

* Canadian National Magazine By Canadian National Railways V. 40, no. 12 (Jan. 1955)
* Seller, W. S. and Stevenson, J. L. (1980). "The Last Trains", Volume 2: "Glasgow & Central Scotland". Edinburgh: Moorfoot Publishing. ISBN 0-906606-01-2.
* Smith, W.A.C. and Anderson, P. An illustrated history of Glasgow's railways Irwell Press 1993
* The Railway Magazine Nov 1951 issue

External Links

* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/paisley/railpage/PEtoDB.htm Dedicated web page]

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