Whinhill railway station

Whinhill railway station is a railway station located in the east of the town of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line, 2 14 miles (3.6 km) from Port Glasgow and 22 12 miles (36.2 km) from Glasgow Central.

Whinhill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Chonaisg[1]
LocationGreenock, Inverclyde
Scotland
Coordinates55.9384°N 4.7466°W / 55.9384; -4.7466
Grid referenceNS285751
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeWNL
Key dates
14 May 1990Opened
Passengers
2015/16 53,558
2016/17 43,696
2017/18 52,428
2018/19 41,606
2019/20 40,612
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

There is one train per hour calling each way at Whinhill.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Drumfrochar   Abellio 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.

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