Trains to Paisley Gilmour Street - Station Details and further Information
Paisley Gilmour Street train station is one of four stations serving the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Gilmour Street, St. James, Paisley Canal and Hawkhead). The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line 7¼ miles west of Glasgow Central.
Following extensive works, Paisley Gilmour Street now has step-free access to all platforms, and the main access onto County Square, has been joined by a re-opened back access onto Back Sneddon Street. The access was originally built along with the station, but had closed and had been converted into a model shop for a number of years. Despite this conversion the shop retained the steps up to stations lower concourse, however it has been bricked up to prevent access. When the shop owner retired, it was decided to purchase the unit and convert it back as part of the step free access works for disabled people, as it would increase space within the station, and the works were fairly simple since the original stairs were retained. After re-opening it was signed as a dedicated exit to the station for those wishing to use the bus link to the airport, as the buses stop directly outside the door and the airport cycle route which passes outside.
Paisley Gilmour Street is the busiest of the four Paisley stations. It has four platforms, with trains running on the Inverclyde and Ayrshire Coast lines. It is the fourth busiest train station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central, Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley.
Connecting buses from this station also serve nearby Glasgow Airport (GLA) which is approximately 2km away. It is possible to buy a railway ticket to and from the airport, which includes not only the train journey but also the journey on Arriva Scotland West 66 and 300 buses which depart from stops outside the Railway station. The current airport bus link will be replaced in 2009 by the direct Glasgow Airport Rail Link. It is also possible to cycle from the station to the Airport using the Airport Cycle Route.
It is an important interchange, not only for the airport bus link, but also for many local buses which depart from the area surrounding the town centre running to destinations throughout the town of Paisley, Renfrew and to the out of town shopping centre, Braehead. It is expected that Braehead will get a dedicated bus link in the future, possibly utilising Hillington East. |