Paisley Gilmour Street Railway Station

This is a medium sized station with four platforms. It’s quite a cool building, which isn’t obvious from the inside but from the outside at County Square it is quite imposing — it looks a bit like a castle. Turns out it’s a grade B listed building which opened in 1840.
It can get fairly busy, apparently it’s the fourth busiest station in Scotland (after Glasgow Central, Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street) and perhaps it feels busier than it is because it’s not so big, but I do think it’s big enough to accommodate its passengers, most of whom are travelling between Glasgow and Ayr.
There are connecting buses here for Glasgow Airport and a few trains and buses here each day will provide connections to Northern Ireland, Argyle and Bute and Arran.

This station looks really impressive from County Square as it has interesting and unusual architectural details (it is a listed building).
The sign for ‘next train to Glasgow’ is handy as this is probably one of the most popular destinations and trains do not always leave from the same platform to Glasgow. Trains towards the coast (such as Ayr) go from the platform nearest to the main entrance, also buses to the airport leave from nearby.
Inside the station has a small WH Smith, and a small coffee shop between platforms 2 and 3 (there are also some vending machines on the platform if you really want a snack). There is also a small café with seats onto County Square.
Staff here always seem really friendly, there is even a small customer service booth by WH Smith where a quick query can be answered. The main ticket office has some self service machines if you are in a hurry to pick up a ticket (or collect pre-​ordered tickets which you have booked online).

Whats to say located within the town centre of paisley, with bus links to Glasgow Airport. A wee wh smiths or some sort of news agents on the ground floor with trains going to Greenock/​Gourock & Glasgow central from one of four platforms.

The station is slowly emerging from the scaffolding and boardings… let’s hope we can see the improvments that have inconvenienced the commuters for so long.

Paisley Gilmour Street is, without a doubt, the nicest station in, er, Paisley.
Built in 1840, it is a very pretty station with wrought iron wooden beams on the ceiling. Four platforms serve trains to Glasgow Central, Ayr, Gourock and Wemyss Bay.
There are plenty of places to sit and relax as the entire station is sheltered. A little shop on the middle platform sells crisps, confectionery and hot and cold drinks, including hot chocolate.

This grand station resonates a throwback feel throughout and is pretty impressive looking in a creepy Victorian way both inside and out.
With four platforms, it offers services on the Ayrshire Coast and Inverlyde lines and travel to and from Glasgow is extremely frequent.
Situated bang in the town centre, the station is particularly good starting point for Paisley and is also situated next to an enormous Wetherspoons pub.

Wow! Walking into the sprawling Gilmour Street station, you feel like you’re being transferred back in time to the Victorian era, with the ancient booking hall and gothic-​like retaining walls and canopies that envelope the four platforms. This great cauldron of a station is reached via an underpass — be sure to watch out that you are heading for the correct platform though, as it is surpisingly easy to get lost in this place.
Gilmour Street is a busy interchange station; the junction where trains head either towards Gourock and Wemyss Bay, or over the other line to Ayr, Largs and Ardrossan. The other end of the line takes you towards Glasgow Central. The service in both directions is very frequent.
Gilmour Street is also very close to Reid Kerr College and the Paisley campus of the University of the West of Scotland. It is also the nearest station to Glasgow Airport, though a connecting bus or taxi is necessary. And if you’ve ever got a bit of time to kill, why not pop into the Wetherspoons bar just outside the station?