Greenock West railway station

Greenock West National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Grianaig an Iar[1]
View looking west, with the original station building to the left of the new road bridge and a train at the eastbound platform. The James Watt College Finnart Campus stands behind houses to the right.
Location
Place Greenock
Local authority Inverclyde
Coordinates 55°56′50″N 4°46′04″W / 55.9473°N 4.7679°W / 55.9473; -4.7679Coordinates: 55°56′50″N 4°46′04″W / 55.9473°N 4.7679°W / 55.9473; -4.7679
Grid reference NS272761
Operations
Station code GKW
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.562 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.516 million
2014/15 Increase 0.553 million
2015/16 Increase 0.570 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.524 million
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Greenock West from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Greenock West railway station is a station in Greenock, Scotland, located on the Inverclyde Line which runs from Gourock to Glasgow Central. The route is currently operated by Abellio ScotRail under the auspices of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Each service to and from Glasgow on the Inverclyde Line stops at this station.

The Caledonian Railway was granted permission in 1882 to build the station, featuring "a very neat and substantial stone building in Renaissance style" at street level, with two "large and handsome" doorways from the booking hall onto Inverkip Street. The building also provided a stationmaster's room, a general waiting room and two first class waiting rooms; one for ladies and one for gentlemen. The line opened in June 1889.[2]

It is a staffed station with two platforms; the eastbound platform to Glasgow is reached via a footbridge over the tracks. The tracks are located below street level, with a tunnel to the west leading to Fort Matilda, and to the east a cutting then a tunnel takes the line to Greenock Central. The main A78 road bridge which takes Inverkip Street over the station platforms had to be rebuilt and was closed to traffic for several years with a diversion in operation. As of September 2006 the bridge is again in operation, with a revised traffic system so that it takes southbound traffic only.

A busy commuter station, services at Greenock West run from around 6 am until approximately 11:30 pm; a more reduced, limited service operates on Sundays; only 1 train operates every hour on Sundays. It is near to the main Finnart Campus of the James Watt College stands nearby to the west of the station, so a large number of students use Greenock West.

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.
  2. ↑ Monteith, Joy (2004), Old Greenock, Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd., ISBN 1-84033-314-6
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Fort Matilda   Abellio ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
   Greenock Central
  Historical railways  
Fort Matilda   Caledonian Railway
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
   Greenock Central
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