Port Glasgow railway station

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Port Glasgow

Scottish Gaelic: Port Ghlaschu [1]
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General information
Location Port Glasgow, Inverclyde
Scotland
Coordinates 55°56′01″N4°41′25″W / 55.9335°N 4.6902°W / 55.9335; -4.6902
Grid reference NS320744
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePTG
Key dates
31 March 1841Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.518 million
Bogston
Line and station open
  Caledonian Railway
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
  Langbank
Line and station open
Upper Greenock
Line open; station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway
 connection to
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway

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References

  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. "Union Street Tunnel" Archived 24 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Forgotten Relics; Retrieved 2 September 2016
  3. "Scotrail timetables - "Ayrshire, Inverclyde & Stranraer"". 16 November 2024.

Sources

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