Elderslie railway station

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Elderslie
Location
Location Elderslie
Area Renfrewshire
Coordinates 55°50′19″N 4°28′30″W / 55.8387, -4.4751Coordinates: 55°50′19″N 4°28′30″W / 55.8387, -4.4751
Grid reference NS450634
Operations
Original company Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms 4
History
21 July 1840 Opened
14 February 1966 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Elderslie railway station was a railway station serving the west of Elderslie, Scotland originally as part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (now the Ayrshire Coast Line).

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[edit] History

The station opened on 21 July 1840.[1] To the east of the station was Canal Junction, with the line dividing between the line to Paisley Gilmour Street and to the Paisley Canal Line; whilst to the west a dive-under junction provided connections to the Dalry and North Johnstone Line and the Bridge of Weir Railway, via Kilmacolm, and the rest of the former GPK&AR.

Elderslie station closed on 14 February 1966,[1] however it remained a junction until the closure of the Paisley Canal Line through to Kilmacolm in 1983. Following the Ayrshire Coast Line electrification in 1986, an Up Passenger Loop remains, and the line to the south west is signalled for bi-directional working.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Butt, page 90

[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 


Preceding station Historical Railways Following station
Houston
Line and station closed		   Glasgow and South Western Railway

Bridge of Weir Railway

   Connection with
GPK&AR
Johnstone North
Line and station closed		   Glasgow and South Western Railway

Dalry and North Johnstone Line

   Connection with
GPK&AR
Johnstone
Line and station open		   Glasgow and South Western Railway

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway

   Paisley Gilmour Street
Line and station open
Connection with
GPK&AR		   Glasgow and South Western Railway

Paisley Canal Line

   Paisley West
Line and station closed
Connection with
GPK&AR		   Glasgow and South Western Railway

Barrhead Branch

   Potterhill
Line and station closed