Langbank railway station

Langbank National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhruach Fhada[1]
General view of Langbank station looking west from Platform 1
Location
Place Langbank
Local authority Renfrewshire
Coordinates 55°55′29″N 4°35′11″W / 55.9247°N 4.5864°W / 55.9247; -4.5864Coordinates: 55°55′29″N 4°35′11″W / 55.9247°N 4.5864°W / 55.9247; -4.5864
Grid reference NS385731
Operations
Station code LGB
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 68,018
2013/14 Decrease 60,042
2014/15 Increase 61,484
2015/16 Decrease 59,680
2016/17 Increase 60,652
History
29 March 1841 Opened as Lang Bank
1 May 1853 Renamed Langbank
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langbank from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Langbank railway station serves the village of Langbank in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 16 miles (26 km) west of Glasgow Central.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound hourly to both Gourock and Wemyss Bay. Most journeys to Wemyss Bay require a change at Port Glasgow. On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction (westbound to Gourock).

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Woodhall   Abellio ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
   Bishopton
  Historical railways  
Port Glasgow
   Caledonian Railway
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
   Bishopton

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.
  • 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.


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