[3] The station was opened on 14 July 1840 on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR).

[2] The station was used jointly by the GPK&AR and the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (GP&GR).

Despite this conversion the shop retained the steps up to stations lower concourse, however it has been bricked up to prevent access.

A collision occurred between two trains at the eastern end of the station on Easter Monday 1979 which resulted in the deaths of seven people.

The Glasgow Airport Rail Link would have replaced this bus service with a direct train, but the project was cancelled in September 2009 due to public spending cuts.

The British Transport Police (BTP) maintain a small office here on Platform 1 All services at Paisley Gilmour Street are operated by ScotRail.