Whinhill railway station

2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) from Port Glasgow and 22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) from Glasgow Central.

Opened in 1990, it is one of the newer stations on the line constructed by British Rail. Its opening made the line available to users in the south-east of Greenock for the first time in almost thirty years, since the closure of Upper Greenock station.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: ^[2]

• 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.

Whinhill Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Chonaisg [1]
View west towards Drumfrochar
General information
Location	Greenock, Inverclyde Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′18″N4°44′48″W / 55.9384°N 4.7466°W / 55.9384; -4.7466
Grid reference	NS285751
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	WNL
Key dates
14 May 1990	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	40,612

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Drumfrochar		ScotRail Inverclyde Line		Port Glasgow

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

External links

• Whinhill Station on YouTube
• Train times and station information for Whinhill railway station from National Rail

Media related to Whinhill railway station at Wikimedia Commons