Paisley (Hamilton Street) railway station was an early

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in Paisley, Renfrewshire,

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. It was built in 1837 by the

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; and, together with the station at Renfrew Wharf, was one of two terminal stations on the line. Both stations offered passengers and goods facilities.Whishaw (1842)

History

The station opened on 3 April 1837, with steam locomotive haulage on the

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, (

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) line.Awdry (1990), page 97 The intention was to both supplement and complete with passenger and goods services on the

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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. Behind this was the

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, 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. During the summer months there was a half-hourly service, the journey took 12 minutes, with ten journeys in each direction per day. In 1842, to save money, the steam locomotive was replaced by

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haulage.

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 The Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway was the section of railway line between Glasgow Bridge Street railway station and Paisley, in the west of Scotland. It was constructed and operated jointly by two competing railway companies as the stem of ...

, at Arkleston Junction.Butt (1995). Page 180. 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. The station is shown on an

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map of 1923, still with tracks in situ; it is marked as a goods station. PaisleyMap1923

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