Port Glasgow railway station

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Port Glasgow

Train spotters turn out to see a special train at Port Glasgow.

Location

Place

Port Glasgow

Local authority

Inverclyde

Operations

Station code

PTG

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

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Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

379,221

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

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Port Glasgow railway station is on the Inverclyde Line, serving the town of Port Glasgow, Scotland. It is located in the town centre with the main entrance at the junction of Princes Street and John Wood Street.

Port Glasgow is an interchange station for Inverclyde services to Wemyss Bay and Gourock, since the Inverclyde Line divides to the west of this station; the single track branch heads to Wemyss Bay, and the main route to Gourock. Before the line was electrified, the (now filled in) bay platform was used for carriages which were added to (and on return detached from) Wemyss Bay trains.

There was a bay platform at the west end of the station for services to Wemyss Bay. The platform was located on the south side of the line and is now infilled.

[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.

Preceding station		Following station
Bogston	First ScotRail Inverclyde Line (to Gourock)	Woodhall
Whinhill	First ScotRail Inverclyde Line (to Wemyss Bay)	Woodhall
Historical Railways
Bogston Line and station open	Caledonian Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway	Langbank Line and station open
Upper Greenock Line open; station closed	Caledonian Railway Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway	connection to Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway