Potterhill railway station was a railway station to the south of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway's short-lived Barrhead Branch.
History
The station opened on 1 June 1886,Butt, page 190 and was closed on 1 January 1917. Although originally an intermediate station on the 3.25 mile line between Paisley West and Barrhead Central,Stansfield, page 38 services between Barrhead and Potterhill were terminated in 1913, leaving Potterhill as the branch terminus for the remainder of its life. Freight services continued at this station until 1959.
Footnotes
References Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. . Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine. .