Whinhill railway station

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Whinhill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Chonaisg[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationGreenock, Inverclyde
Scotland
Coordinates55°56′18″N 4°44′48″W / 55.9384°N 4.7466°W / 55.9384; -4.7466
Grid referenceNS285751
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeWNL
Key dates
14 May 1990Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 41,606
2019/20Decrease 40,612
2020/21Decrease 4,598
2021/22Increase 22,292
2022/23Increase 27,304
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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+14 miles (3.6 km) from Port Glasgow and 22+12 miles (36.2 km) from Glasgow Central.

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.

Services

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There is one train per hour eastbound to Glasgow Central and one train per hour westbound to Wemyss Bay. The Wemyss bay services call at all westbound stations whilst the Glasgow Central services become express after joining with the other half of the Inverclyde Line at Port Glasgow.

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

References

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  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.
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