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The station was opened by the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway on 31 March 1841 [2] as the terminus of its line from Bridge Street railway station, which had a shared section between Glasgow, and Paisley Gilmour Street being run by the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway. Greenock was already a major seaport and a branch near the station ...
The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 22 miles (35 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station is situated between Bawhirley Road and McDougall Street and it serves passengers going to and from Gourock and Glasgow. It is the nearest station to Cappielow, home of Greenock Morton F.C. Aside from the daily commuter traffic, some Saturday afternoons ...
The Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway opened its branch line on 13 May 1865 with its trains being operated by the Caledonian Railway, but its steamer operations were slow to live up to their promise and when in 1869 the Glasgow and South Western Railway opened its station at Princes Pier, Greenock, the Cathcart Street station was effectively ...
Greenock West railway station is a station in Greenock, Scotland, located on the Inverclyde Line which runs from Gourock to Glasgow Central. The route is currently operated by ScotRail under the auspices of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Each service to and from Glasgow on the Inverclyde Line stops at this station.
The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (GP&GR) was an early Scottish railway, opened in 1841, providing train services between Greenock and Glasgow.At the time the River Clyde was not accessible to sea-going ships, and the intention was to compete with riverboats that brought goods to and from the city.
The walk from the railway station to the Quay was through squalid streets, and the steamer transit to the lower Clyde involved a circuit round Kempock Point and Cloch Point to reach the seaway. [2] In 1851 the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway was absorbed by the dominant Caledonian Railway. [3]
The Greenock terminal was named Albert Harbour, and as well as Clyde coastal shipping, there was a considerable emigrant trade at this time. Intermediate traffic was relatively insignificant and passenger traffic between Glasgow and Paisley and Greenock was in direct competition, both routes using the Bridge Street station in Glasgow.
Whinhill railway station is a railway station located in the east of the town of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland.The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line, 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (3.6 km) from Port Glasgow and 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (36.2 km) from Glasgow Central.
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