Paisley St James train station
You can reach 20 stations directly from Paisley St James on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bishopton, with 75 trains a day.
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Direct trains from Paisley St James
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopton | 75 | 73 | 31 |
| Glasgow Central | 75 | 73 | 0 |
| Langbank | 75 | 73 | 31 |
| Port Glasgow | 75 | 73 | 31 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 75 | 73 | 31 |
| Woodhall | 75 | 73 | 31 |
| Cardonald | 74 | 72 | 0 |
| Hillington East | 74 | 72 | 0 |
| Hillington West | 74 | 72 | 0 |
| Branchton | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Drumfrochar | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Inverkip | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Wemyss Bay | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Whinhill | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Cartsdyke | 25 | 23 | 31 |
| Fort Matilda | 25 | 23 | 31 |
| Greenock Central | 25 | 23 | 31 |
| Greenock West | 25 | 23 | 31 |
| Gourock | 25 | 23 | 31 |
| Bogston | 24 | 22 | 31 |
Lines serving Paisley St James
Paisley St James is on the Gourock Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Paisley St James station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Paisley St James station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Paisley St James station is
96,238 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,781st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Paisley St James and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 44,710 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 11 stations instead of 20, a drop of about 45%. Saturday runs to 20.
Nearest other stations
- Paisley Gilmour Street 0.8 miles
- Paisley Canal 1.1 miles
- Hawkhead 1.8 miles
- Johnstone 2.7 miles
- Hillington West 2.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Paisley St James, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Paisley Hamilton Street · 0.8 miles
- Paisley West · 0.9 miles
- Paisley Abercorn · 0.9 miles
- Glasgow Airport · 0.9 miles
- Ferguslie · 1.3 miles
- Paisley East · 1.4 miles
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Facilities at Paisley St James station
Paisley St James is unstaffed, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Waiting room
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Paisley St James station
Paisley St James station is in Renfrewshire, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J29 (St. James Interchange), 0.5 miles north.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Paisley St James station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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