Glenfield railway station (Scotland) explained

Glenfield
Status:Disused
Borough:Paisley, Renfrewshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.819°N -4.434°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Original:Paisley and Barrhead District Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Years:1897
Events:Built
Years1:1897
Events1:Never opened for passengers

Glenfield was a railway station to the south west of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

History

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.

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Notes

  1. Web site: Google satellite image of approx. location. 2007-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192830/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/paisley/glenfieldstationgoogle.jpg. 2012-10-19. dead.
  2. Web site: Station platform 2007. 2007-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192509/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/paisley/glenfieldplatform.jpg. 2012-10-19. dead.
  3. Web site: Station and train GH Robin. 2007-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192521/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/paisley/glenfieldstation.JPG. 2012-10-19. dead.
  4. Web site: Excursion 1951 GH Robin. 2007-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192527/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/scan/glenfieldexcursion.jpg. 2012-10-19. dead.
  5. Web site: Excursion photograph 2 - 1951 GH Robin. 2007-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192535/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sealed/scan/glenfieldstationbridgesmall.jpg. 2012-10-19. dead.
  6. Gammell (1999)

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