Whinhill railway station

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Whinhill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Chonaisg[1]
National Rail
Whinhill railway station (geograph 5923525).jpg
LocationGreenock, Inverclyde
Scotland
Coordinates55°56′18″N 4°44′48″W / 55.9384°N 4.7466°W / 55.9384; -4.7466Coordinates: 55°56′18″N 4°44′48″W / 55.9384°N 4.7466°W / 55.9384; -4.7466
Grid referenceNS285751
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeWNL
Key dates
14 May 1990Opened
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 43,696
2017/18Increase 52,428
2018/19Decrease 41,606
2019/20Decrease 40,612
2020/21Decrease 4,598
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 Abellio 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   Abellio 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[]

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