Branchton railway station
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.
View looking towards Greenock from footbridge over Inverkip Road | |
Location | Branchton, Inverclyde Scotland |
Coordinates | 55.9404°N 4.8042°W |
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 | |
2015/16 | 0.122 million |
2016/17 | 0.113 million |
2017/18 | 0.116 million |
2018/19 | 0.111 million |
2019/20 | 0.107 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Services
There is an hourly service daily (including Sundays) eastbound to Paisley Gilmour Street & Glasgow Central and westbound to Wemyss Bay.[1]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inverkip | Abellio ScotRail Inverclyde Line |
Drumfrochar | ||
Historical railways | ||||
IBM | Abellio ScotRail Inverclyde Line |
Drumfrochar |
Gallery
- The station in 1974
- 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.
- 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.
- Eastbound Class 334 train arriving at the station
Notes
- Table 219 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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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