Glenfield was a railway station to the south west of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Glenfield | |
|---|---|
 Base of bridge crossing the station platform 2007 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°49′08″N 4°26′02″W / 55.819°N 4.434°W |
| Grid reference | NS475611 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Paisley and Barrhead District Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1897 | Built |
| 1897 | Never opened for passengers |
History
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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 its stations - including this one - opened for passenger travel. It was on the west side of the present-day Glenburn Road, opposite Knockside Avenue.[1] It is easy to find the long concrete platform by walking into the trees at the above location.[2] Railway photographer G.H. Robin took three pictures there,[3] two of which during the only time passengers disembarked at Glenfield on an excursion for railway enthusiasts in September 1951.[4][5] The station was later rented out as a private house while goods trains were still using the line.[6] The photograph shows the excursion train and the tenant's vegetable garden.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead (New) Line and station closed |
Caledonian Railway Paisley and Barrhead District Railway |
Stanely Line and station closed | ||
References
editNotes
edit- ^ "Google satellite image of approx. location". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
- ^ "Station platform 2007". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
- ^ "Station and train GH Robin". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
- ^ "Excursion 1951 GH Robin". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
- ^ "Excursion photograph 2 - 1951 GH Robin". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
- ^ Gammell (1999)
- The GH Robin photographs are the copyright of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
Sources
edit- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Gammell, C.J. (1999). Scottish Branch Lines. Shepperton: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8609-3540-X. OCLC 44398793.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Dedicated web page
- Location of Glenfield station on navigable OS map
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