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Paisley Canal railway station is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

in Paisley, Renfrewshire,

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. 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,Butt (1995), page 180 situated on a loop line to Elderslie Junction due to congestion on the line through . 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 , with the occasional boat train to . 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 . On Sundays, an hourly service operates.

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

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in 2012), the majority of services at this station have been worked by

Abellio ScotRail Abellio ScotRail, operating services under the name ScotRail, was the national train operating company of Scotland. A subsidiary of Abellio, it operated the ScotRail franchise from 1 April 2015, taking over from predecessor First ScotRail. ...

( ScotRail since 2022) Class 380s or Class 320s although occasionally Class 318 or

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sets have appeared.

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External links

YouTube video of Paisley Canal stationYouTube video of the Old Paisley Canal Station
{{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Railway stations in Renfrewshire SPT railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1983 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1990 Railway stations served by ScotRail Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations Buildings and structures in Paisley, Renfrewshire Transport in Paisley, Renfrewshire 1885 establishments in Scotland 1990 establishments in Scotland 1983 disestablishments in Scotland