Whinhill railway station

Railway station in Inverclyde, Scotland, UK

55°56′18″N 4°44′48″W / 55.9384°N 4.7466°W / 55.9384; -4.7466Grid referenceNS285751Managed byScotRailPlatforms1Other informationStation codeWNLKey dates14 May 1990OpenedPassengers2018/19Decrease 41,6062019/20Decrease 40,6122020/21Decrease 4,5982021/22Increase 22,2922022/23Increase 27,304
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whinhill railway station is a railway station located in the east of the town of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line, 2+14 miles (3.6 km) from Port Glasgow and 22+12 miles (36.2 km) from Glasgow Central.

Opened in 1990, it is one of the newer stations on the line constructed by British Rail. Its opening made the line available to users in the south-east of Greenock for the first time in almost thirty years, since the closure of Upper Greenock station.

Services

There is one train per hour eastbound to Glasgow Central and one train per hour westbound to Wemyss Bay. The Wemyss bay services call at all westbound stations whilst the Glasgow Central services become express after joining with the other half of the Inverclyde Line at Port Glasgow.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Drumfrochar   ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
  Port Glasgow

References

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.

External links

  • Whinhill Station on YouTube
  • Train times and station information for Whinhill railway station from National Rail

Media related to Whinhill railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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