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Dykebar was a railway station in the Dykebar area to the south of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Paisley and Barrhead District Railway . The line was opened in 1897 and used by coal trains until the 1960s but none of the stations including this one opened for passenger travel. It was situated on the east boundary of what are now the grounds of St Andrews school around 200 yards along Hawkhead Road from its junction with Barrhead Road. The remains of a bridge can still be seen at the pedestrian crossing at that location (next to the entrance of Dobbie's Garden Centre) . The station was converted to a two-room and kitchen house〔Canadian Railways Magazine (1955)〕 before being dismantled by vandals in the late 1960s. The line through Dykebar from Blackbyres to Paisley East goods closed on 31 December 1960. Railway photographer Norris Forrest visited the area in February 1960 taking pictures of the station platform, a passenger shelter and a train.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Dykebar station platform February 1960 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dykebar station passenger shelter - zoom in to see name of station - February 1960 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Train near Dykebar station - February 1960 )〕 By observing Ross House (which is still there) behind the shelter it is possible to pinpoint the original position of the station.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Google satellite image of approx. location )〕 There is no sign of the concrete platform today, the only structure on the site being a wall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wall at station site )〕 Other railway artifacts can be seen on the satellite image in the adjoining field including a bridge which would have taken trains into Hawkhead hospital.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Bridge to Hawkhead hospital )〕 St. Andrews school is in the background. ==Notes== The Norris Forrest photographs are the copyright of the Great North of Scotland Railway Association. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dykebar railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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