Paisley Hamilton Street | |
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Location | |
Place | Paisley |
Area | Renfrewshire |
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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]
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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 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]
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.
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