Paisley Abercorn railway station
- Paisley Abercorn railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Paisley Abercorn
other_name=
caption =
line = Paisley and Renfrew Railway
manager = Glasgow & South Western
locale = Paisley
borough = Renfrewshire
latitude = 55.8500
longitude = -4.4167
years = 1 May 1866
events = Opened as Paisley G&SW
years1 = 2 January 1880
events1 = Renamed Paisley Abercorn
years2 = 5 June 1967
events2 = Closed
platforms = 2|
Paisley Abercorn railway station was a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was built by the Glasgow and South Western railway when the former Scotch gauge Paisley and Renfrew Railway was converted to Standard Gauge and was joined to the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway at Arkleston Junction.
History
The station opened on 1 May 1866, it replaced the earlier terminal station at Paisley Hamilton Street.[Butt (1995). Page 180.] ]The station closed permanently to regular passenger services on 5 June 1967, when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line, as part of the Beeching Axe.
One platform is still visible, but all buildings have been removed.
The site of the former Paisley Abercorn railway station goods yard was used to build a DIY superstore operated by Tesco in the late 1970s - unlike most Tesco stores, for most of its life it was forbidden to sell food. In the 1980s the store was sold to become a DIY superstore - "Great Mills"; Great Mills has changed ownership and has since been renamed.
Footnotes
References
*Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
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