Hawkhead railway station
For other railway stations in Paisley, see Paisley railway station (disambiguation).
Hawkhead  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Paisley |
| Local authority | Renfrewshire |
| Coordinates | 55°50′32″N 4°23′58″W / 55.8421°N 4.3995°WCoordinates: 55°50′32″N 4°23′58″W / 55.8421°N 4.3995°W |
| Grid reference | NS498635 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HKH |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 0.140 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.145 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.139 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.167 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.183 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 May 1894 | Opened[1] |
| 1 January 1917 | Closed[1] |
| ? | Reopened[1] |
| 14 February 1966 | Closed[1] |
| 12 April 1991 | New station, reopened by British Rail[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hawkhead from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Hawkhead railway station is a railway station in the Seedhill area of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 6½ miles (10 km) west of Glasgow Central.
History
The station opened on 1 May 1894 and was closed on 1 January 1917.[1] It was reopened in 1919 and was closed to passengers on 14 February 1966.[1]
A newly built station opened on 12 April 1991[1] following the resumption of train services on the Paisley Canal Line, in 1990 by British Rail.
Services
Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Paisley Canal and eastbound to Glasgow Central.
On Sundays, an hourly service operates to both Paisley Canal and Glasgow Central,
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paisley Canal | Abellio ScotRail Paisley Canal Line |
Crookston | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Paisley Canal | Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley Canal Line |
Crookston | ||
References
Notes
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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT Hawkhead photographs from 1953 to present
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