Paisley Canal Line

railway line in Scotland, United Kingdom
Place railway_line Q7125176
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Summary

Paisley Canal Line is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Glasgow City[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: ELR railway line section[5]
  • Commissioned by: Glasgow and South Western Railway[6]
  • Owned by: Network Rail[7]
  • Operator: ScotRail Trains (2022-)[8], Glasgow and South Western Railway[9]
  • Location: Glasgow[10]
  • Part of: National Rail[11]
  • Commons category: Paisley Canal Line[12]
  • Terminus: Shields Junction AYR1/CNL[13], Elderslie No 1 Junction[14]
  • Described by source: Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing[15], Railway Data Centre[16], Signalling Record Society line data[17], GeoFurlong[18]
  • Date of official opening: 1884[19]
  • Length: 8.0625[20], 13[21]
  • Vehicle normally used: British Rail Class 318[22], British Rail Class 320[23], British Rail Class 380[24]
  • Route diagram template: Template:Paisley Canal Line[25]
  • State of use: in use[26]
  • Historic county: Renfrewshire[27], Lanarkshire[28]

Why It Matters

Paisley Canal Line is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Glasgow
    Image → Train at Paisley Canal Station - geograph.org.uk - 7168588.j
    Length → {'amount': '+8.0625'}, {'amount': '+13'}
    Freebase id → /m/0790__
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53597|batch #53597]]: probably due to their P402"
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