Paisley Hamilton Street railway station

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Paisley Hamilton Street
Paisley Hamilton Street
Location
Place	Paisley
Area	Renfrewshire
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Operations
Original company	Paisley and Renfrew Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow & South Western
Platforms	2
History
3 April 1837	Opened, with loco haulage
July 1835	Leased to tenant
31 July 1852	Bought by G&SWR
23 January 1866	Services suspended for line doubling and re-gauging
1 February 1866	Station Closed
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Paisley (Hamilton Street) railway station was an early railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It was built in 1837 by the Paisley and Renfrew Railway; and, together with the station at Renfrew Wharf, was one of two terminal stations on the line. Both stations offered passengers and goods facilities.^[1]

History

The station opened on 3 April 1837, with steam locomotive haulage on the 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) gauge, (Scotch gauge) line.^[2] The intention was to both supplement and complete with passenger and goods services on the River Cart between Paisley and Renfrew.

The station was entered through either carriage or foot-gates. These led to a booking office, with a passenger waiting room behind it; the upper floor, above, was reserved for the use of the manager.^[1] Behind this was the Train shed, which had two platforms running the whole length of the shed. There was a separate locomotive shed; and a goods warehouse, which had one railway line running through it.^[1]

During the sumer months there was a half-hourly service, the journey took 12 minutes, with ten journeys in each direction per day.^[1]

In 1842, to save money, the steam locomotive was replaced by horse haulage.^[2]

Closure

On 23 January 1866, train services were suspended on the line to enable the tracks to be doubled throughout; the line to be converted to Standard Gauge and for it to be connected to the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, at Arkleston Junction.^[3]

Paisley Hamilton Street station closed on 1 February 1866; it was replaced by the Glasgow and South Western Railway's Paisley Abercorn station, when the line reopened on 1 May 1866.^[3]

The station is shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1923, still with tracks in situ; it is marked as a goods station.