Greenock Princes Pier railway station

Greenock Princes Pier was a railway station serving Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally as part of the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.

Greenock Princes Pier
Location	Greenock, Inverclyde Scotland
Coordinates	55.9564°N 4.7636°W
Grid reference	NS275771
Platforms	6
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
23 December 1869	Opened as Greenock Albert Harbour[1]
1 May 1875	Renamed as Greenock Princes Pier[1]
25 May 1894	Original station closed and replaced 90 m further north[1]
30 November 1965	Closed[1]

The area of the station, pier and the infilled Albert Harbour is now occupied by Greenock Ocean Terminal container port and cruise ship passenger terminal.

History

The station opened on 23 December 1869, as Greenock Albert Harbour being renamed as Greenock Princes Pier on 1 May 1875.[1] On 25 May 1894 the original station was closed and replaced by a new station 90 m to the north.[1]

On 2 February 1959,[2] stopping passenger services from Glasgow and Paisley ceased running beyond Kilmacolm; however, the St Enoch boat trains continued running, without stopping until 30 November 1965.[3]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Terminus		Glasgow and South Western Railway Greenock and Ayrshire Railway		Lynedoch Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 109
2. Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 57. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.
3. Thomas (1971)

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (1st ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5408-6. OCLC 16198685.
• Thomas, John; Paterson, Rev A.J.S. (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-9465-3712-7. OCLC 12521072.
• Wham, Alasdair (2000). The Lost Railway Lines South of Glasgow. Wigtown: G.C. Book Publishers. ISBN 1-8723-5008-9.
• Greenock Princes Pier on navigable OS map