Bishopton railway station

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Bishopton

Viewed from Station Road. The train is bound for Glasgow Central.

Location

Place

Bishopton

Local authority

Renfrewshire

Operations

Station code

BPT

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.471 million

History

29 March 1841

Opened

World War II

Lengthened platforms for ROF Bishopton

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bishopton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Bishopton railway station serves the town of Bishopton in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is on the Inverclyde Line 21 km (13 miles) west of Glasgow Central.

[edit] Services

Bishopton is served by four services per hour (off-peak): three to/from Gourock, and one to/from Wemyss Bay with four per hour in the other direction to and from Glasgow Central.

Evenings and Sundays there is are two trains per hour to Glasgow Central and an hourly service to Wemyss Bay and Gourock respectively.

Preceding station		Following station
Langbank	First ScotRail Inverclyde Line	Paisley St James
Historical Railways
Langbank	Caledonian Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway	Georgetown Line open; station closed

[edit] Sources

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, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.