Branchton railway station

24+3⁄4 mi (40 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station is managed by ScotRail.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: ^[1]

• 2 tph to Glasgow Central via Paisley Gilmour Street
• 2 tph to Wemyss Bay

This service is reduced to hourly during the evenings, and on Sundays

Branchton
View looking towards Greenock from footbridge over Inverkip Road
General information
Location	Branchton, Inverclyde Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′25″N4°48′15″W / 55.9404°N 4.8042°W / 55.9404; -4.8042
Grid reference	NS250754
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BCN
History
Original company	BR Scottish Region
Key dates
5 June 1967	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.107 million

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Inverkip		ScotRail Inverclyde Line		Drumfrochar

Gallery

• 
  The station in 1974
• 
  The station building had been unstaffed and boarded up for several years. It was boarded up shortly after being completely renovated, The station building was demolished in March 2015. Inverkip Road is to the left; Ravenscraig Court is obscured by the trees.
• 
  Looking down the platform, away from the station building. The posts with the yellow bands are for new CCTV equipment for use by train drivers.
• 
  Eastbound Class 334 train arriving at the station

Notes

1. "Scotrail timetables - "Ayrshire, Inverclyde & Stranraer"". 16 November 2024.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). British Rail Track Diagrams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN   0-9006-0948-6.
• Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (2nd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN   0-9006-0995-8.
• Yonge, John (April 1996). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (3rd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN   1-8983-1919-7.
• Yonge, John (2007). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (Quail Track Plans) (fifth ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co). ISBN   978-0-9549866-3-6. OCLC   79435248.