Hawkhead railway station

Hawkhead
Hawkhead station in 2005.
General information
Location	Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.8421°N 4.3995°W / 55.8421; -4.3995
Grid reference	NS498635
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	HKH
History
Original company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 May 1894	Opened[1]
1 January 1917	Closed[1]
1919	Reopened[1]
14 February 1966	Closed[1]
12 April 1991	New station, reopened by British Rail[1]
Passengers
2019/20	0.249 million
2020/21	33,808
2021/22	0.115 million
2022/23	0.167 million
2023/24	0.218 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hawkhead railway station is a railway station in the Seedhill area of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by 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		ScotRail Paisley Canal Line		Crookston
	Historical railways
Paisley Canal		Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley Canal Line		Crookston

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 32

External links

• Video footage of Hawkhead Station and old Oil Depot

Sources

• 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.
• 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.