Branchton
Location type
StationName and dates
Branchton (1967-)Station code: BCN National Rail ScotRail
Where: Inverclyde, Scotland
Opened on the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway.
Open on the Inverclyde Lines.
Description
This is a single platform fairly modern station on the Wemyss Bay to Port Glasgow branch.
This station serves the area formerly served by Ravenscraig which closed in 1944.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Facilities
Bike rackFree parking
Unstaffed
| Nearby stations Ravenscraig IBM Drumfrochar Fort Matilda Greenock West Gourock Upper Greenock Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Greenock (Lynedoch) Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock Central Whinhill Cartsdyke Bogston | Ravenscraig-Gateside-Smithston Siding Overton Paper Mill Lyle Hill Monument Adams Boatyard Newton Street Tunnel IBM Factory Merino Mill Orangefield Tunnel Scottish Concrete Yard Union Street Tunnel Wellington Street Catch Points Royal Navy Torpedo Factory [Greenock] Tourist/other Ravenscraig Hospital Gourock Bay Gourock Pier |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1967 | Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway Branchton station opened. |
