Potterhill railway station

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Potterhill
Potterhill station in 2006
Location
Location	Paisley
Area	Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55°49′36″N 4°25′21″W / 55.8266, -4.4224Coordinates: 55°49′36″N 4°25′21″W / 55.8266, -4.4224
Operations
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1886	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
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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.

[edit] History

The station opened on 1 June 1886,^[1] and closed 1 January 1917.^[1] Although originally an intermediate station on the 3.25 mile line between Paisley West and Barrhead Central,^[2] services between Barrhead and Potterhill were terminated in 1913,^[2] leaving Potterhill as the branch terminus for the remainder of its life. Freight services continued at this station until 1959.^[2]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt, page 190
2. ^ ^{a b c} Stansfield, page 38

[edit] 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.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Barrhead Central Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway  Barrhead Branch		Paisley West Line and station closed