Paisley Hamilton Street railway station

Paisley Hamilton Street
Paisley Hamilton Street
General information
Location	Paisley, Renfrewshire; Scotland
Coordinates	55°51′00″N 4°25′16″W / 55.850°N 4.421°W
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Paisley and Renfrew Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow & South Western
Key dates
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

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 summer 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.

Paisley Hamilton Street Station apparently still in use, for goods in 1923

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Renfrew Wharf Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley and Renfrew Railway		Terminus

Railways
BB G&SWR	Barrhead Branch	G&SWR
CR	Caledonian Railway
G&PJR	Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway	Joint CR / G&SWR
G&SWR	Glasgow and South Western Railway
GP&GR	Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway	Caledonian Railway
GPK&AR	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway	G&SWR
P&BDR	Paisley and Barrhead District Railway	Caledonian Railway
P&RR	Paisley and Renfrew Railway	G&SWR
PCL	Paisley Canal Line	G&SWR

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Whishaw (1842)
^ ^a ^b Awdry (1990), page 97
^ ^a ^b Butt (1995). Page 180.

Sources

Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Whishaw, Francis (1969) [1840]. The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland practically described and illustrated (3rd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4786-1.

[whishaw-1] Whishaw (1842)

[awdry-2] Awdry (1990), page 97

[butt180-3] Butt (1995). Page 180.

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