Greenock Container Port
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Greenock Container Port
| Nearby stations Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Greenock West Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock Central Greenock (Lynedoch) Upper Greenock Drumfrochar Whinhill Cartsdyke Fort Matilda Branchton Bogston Gourock Ravenscraig | Albert Quay Bay of Quick Shipyard Greenock Albert Harbour [Dock] Princes Pier Goods Westburn West Shipyard Greenock Gas Works Westburn East Shipyard Princes Pier Junction Greenock Containerbase Sidings Princes Pier Shed Kilblain Engine Works West Harbour [Greenock] Union Street Tunnel Tourist/other McLean Art Gallery Old West Kirk [Greenock] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1971 | Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway Containerbase Junction opened, a link to the former Greenock and Ayrshire Railway's Inchgreen branch which, beyond Cartsburn Junction, gave access along its former main line to Greenock Princes Pier now rebuilt as the Greenock Containerbase Sidings (Greenock Container Port). |
| 07/06/1971 | Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Greenock Containerbase Sidings (formerly the site of Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] station which is redeveloped as Greenock Container Port) to Cartsburn Junction to Garvel Dock Branch Junction re-opened to freight and a new portion from Garvel Dock Branch Junction to Containerbase Junction opened. |
