Branchton railway station
View looking towards Greenock from footbridge over Inverkip Road | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Branchton, Inverclyde Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°56′25″N 4°48′15″W / 55.9404°N 4.8042°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS250754 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BCN | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | BR Scottish Region | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 June 1967 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 0.107 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 18,714 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 68,962 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 88,506 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.110 million | ||||
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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, 24+3⁄4 mi (40 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station is managed by ScotRail.
Services
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]
- 2 tph to Glasgow Central via Paisley Gilmour Street
- 2 tph to Wemyss Bay
This service is reduced to hourly during the evenings, and on Sundays
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverkip | ScotRail Inverclyde Line |
Drumfrochar | ||
Gallery
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The station in 1974
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The station building had been unstaffed 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
- ^ "Scotrail timetables - "Ayrshire, Inverclyde & Stranraer"". 16 November 2024.
References
- 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.
- Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). British Rail Track Diagrams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0948-6.
- Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - 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 Diagrams - 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 Diagrams - 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.