Whinhill
Location type
StationName and dates
Whinhill (1990-)Station code: WNL 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 station, the platform erected on the south side of the single track line. The station is immediately west of Cartsburn Tunnel.
The line was originally single track and a second line was added, through a second tunnel, to the south of the existing line. This westbound line was lifted. The platform is on the site of this lifted line and the disused single bore tunnel still exists, the portal of which can be seen from the station.
To the west, from Berryards Junction, the Overton Paper Mill was reached via a reversing spur. Just beyond this was Upper Greenock, a station which Whinhill effectively replaces.
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
01/08/2020
Chronology Dates
| / /1990 | Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway Whinhill station opened. |
| 23/03/2003 | Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway A train carrying over 100 passengers has to come to a halt near Whinhill station when debris had been placed on the line. The driver, having detrained, was attacked with stones from above. |
News items
| 18/01/2023 | Concerns for public safety after path was damaged by floods [Greenock Telegraph] |
