Paisley and Barrhead District Railway

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Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Rly Walkinshaw North & South Junctions Ferguslie Paisley St James (GP&GR) Paisley Gilmour Street ( GP&GR/ GPK&AR ) Stanely Wallneuk Junction Glenfield Arkleston Junction ( unbuilt connection ) Glasgow & Paisley Jt Rly to Glasgow Central ( Paisley Canal line G&SWR ) Paisley West Paisley East ( Barrhead Branch G&SWR ) Potterhill Paisley Canal ( Paisley Canal line G&SWR ) Paisley Canal Line (G&SWR) Gleniffer Goods Depot (Barrhead Branch G&SWR) Dykebar Blackbyres West Junction Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Barrhead Barrhead (New) Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Barrhead Central ( Barrhead Branch G&SWR ) Barrhead South Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Lyoncross

The Paisley and Barrhead District Railway was a railway in Scotland that ran between the towns of Paisley and Barrhead. It was intended to serve industrial premises and develop local passenger and goods business.

The Caledonian Railway managed the construction, but when the line was nearly complete, tramway competition had become obviously dominant for local passenger journeys, and the Caledonian decided not to start the intended passenger service. The line opened for goods trains only in 1905 and 1906, and served industrial sites on the route. Most of the line had become moribund by the 1950s, but when the Linwood motor car factory opened in 1961, a rail connection to it was provided from the line, becoming the only part of the network still in use. That link was closed in 1984.