Branchton railway station

Branchton
View looking towards Greenock from footbridge over Inverkip Road
Location	Branchton, Inverclyde Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′25″N 4°48′15″W / 55.9404°N 4.8042°W / 55.9404; -4.8042Coordinates: 55°56′25″N 4°48′15″W / 55.9404°N 4.8042°W / 55.9404; -4.8042
Grid reference	NS250754
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BCN
History
Original company	BR Scottish Region
Key dates
5 June 1967	Opened
Passengers
2016/17	0.113 million
2017/18	0.116 million
2018/19	0.111 million
2019/20	0.107 million
2020/21	18,714
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Branchton railway station is a railway station in Scotland opened in 1967 under British Rail located in the south-west of the town of Greenock, beside the area called Branchton. The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 24¾ miles (40 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail.

Services[]

There is an hourly service daily (including Sundays) eastbound to Paisley Gilmour Street & Glasgow Central and westbound to Wemyss Bay on the Inverclyde Line. ^[1]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Inverkip		Abellio ScotRail Inverclyde Line		Drumfrochar

Gallery[]

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  The station in 1974

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  The station building had been un-manned and boarded up for several years. It was boarded up shortly after being completely renovated, The station building was demolished in March 2015. Inverkip Road is to the left; Ravenscraig Court is obscured by the trees.

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  Looking down the platform, away from the station building. The posts with the yellow bands are for new CCTV equipment for use by train drivers.

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  Eastbound Class 334 train arriving at the station

Notes[]

References[]

• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• 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.
• Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). British Rail Track Diagams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0948-6.
• Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (2nd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0995-8.
• Yonge, John (April 1996). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (3rd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 1-8983-1919-7.
• Yonge, John (2007). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (Quail Track Plans) (fifth ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co). ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6. OCLC 79435248.

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