Upper Greenock railway station

Former railway station in Scotland

55°56′24″N 4°45′29″W / 55.940°N 4.758°W / 55.940; -4.758Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreenock and Wemyss Bay RailwayPre-groupingCaledonian RailwayPost-groupingLMSKey dates15 May 1865Opened[1]5 June 1967Closed

Upper Greenock railway station was a railway station serving the town of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, originally as part of the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway and later owned by the Caledonian Railway.

History

The station opened on 15 May 1865 and closed permanently on 5 June 1967. The station was directly replaced by Branchton station, approximately 2.8 km west.

Gallery

  • The station was located at the top of Lynedoch Street
    The station was located at the top of Lynedoch Street
  • The bricked-up entrance on Lynedoch Street
    The bricked-up entrance on Lynedoch Street
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Ravenscraig
Line open; station closed 		  Caledonian Railway
Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway
   Port Glasgow
Line and station open

References

Notes

  1. ^ Butt (1995)

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.


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