Whinhill railway station

Whinhill National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Chonaisg[1]
Looking east towards Cartsburn Tunnel. A disused tunnel (behind the bushes to the right) runs parallel with it.
Location
Place Greenock
Local authority Inverclyde
Coordinates 55°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 reference NS285751
Operations
Station code WNL
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 45,272
2013/14 Increase 52,418
2014/15 Increase 52,634
2015/16 Increase 53,558
2016/17 Decrease 43,696
History
14 May 1990 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whinhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 served by Inverclyde Line services between Glasgow and Wemyss Bay.

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.

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.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Drumfrochar   Abellio ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
   Port Glasgow


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