Branchton railway station

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Branchton National Rail
View looking towards Greenock from
footbridge over Inverkip Road
Location
Place Branchton
Local authority Inverclyde
Coordinates 55°56′25″N 4°48′15″W / 55.9404°N 4.8042°W / 55.9404; -4.8042Coordinates: 55°56′25″N 4°48′15″W / 55.9404°N 4.8042°W / 55.9404; -4.8042
Grid reference NS250754
Operations
Station code BCN
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  62,198
2005/06 Increase 72,152
2006/07 Decrease 69,969
2007/08 Increase 76,781
2008/09 Increase 94,320
2009/10 Decrease 93,632
2010/11 Increase 97,140
2011/12 Increase 98,660
History
Original company BR Scottish Region
5 June 1967 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Branchton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Branchton railway station is a railway station in Scotland located in the south-west of the town of Greenock, beside the area called Branchton. The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 24¾ miles (40 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station is managed by First ScotRail.

Services

There is an hourly service daily eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Wemyss Bay.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
IBM   First ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
   Drumfrochar

Gallery

  • The station in 1974

  • The station building has been un-manned and boarded up for several years. It was boarded up shortly after being completely renovated. Inverkip Road is to the left; Ravenscraig Court is obscured by the trees.

  • Looking down the platform, away from the station building. The posts with the yellow bands are for new CCTV equipment for use by train drivers.

  • Eastbound Class 334 train arriving at the station

References

  • 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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
  • Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs, ed. British Rail Track Diagams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st edition ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0948-6. 
  • Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (2nd edition ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0995-8. 
  • Yonge, John (April 1996). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (3rd edition ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 1-8983-1919-7. 
  • Yonge, John (2007). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (Quail Track Plans) (fifth edition ed.). Bradford on Avon: "Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co)". . ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6. OCLC 79435248. 


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