Port Glasgow railway station
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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 and , 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.
Inverclyde Line
The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley and a series of stations to the south of the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, terminating at Gourock and Wemyss Bay, where it connects to Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services...
, serving the town of Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow is the second largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16617 persons...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. 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
Inverclyde Line
The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley and a series of stations to the south of the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, terminating at Gourock and Wemyss Bay, where it connects to Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services...
services to and , since the Inverclyde Line
Inverclyde Line
The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley and a series of stations to the south of the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, terminating at Gourock and Wemyss Bay, where it connects to Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services...
divides to the west of this station; the single track
Single track (rail)
A single track railway is where trains in both directions share the same track. Single track is normally used on lesser used rail lines, often branch lines, where the traffic density is not high enough to justify the cost of building double tracks....
branch heads to Wemyss Bay, and the main route to Gourock. Before the line was electrified, the (now filled in) bay platform
Bay platform
Bay platform is a railway-related term commonly used in the UK and Australia to describe a dead-end platform at a railway station that has through lines...
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.