Wemyss Bay To Glasgow By Train
Contents
- Wemyss Bay Station
- Wemyss Bay pier
- Wemyss Bay former goods yard
- Inverkip Station
- Dunrod
- Shielhill Glen Railway
- IBM Halt
- Former Ravenscaig station
- Branchton Station
- Drumfrochar Station
- Former Upper Greenock station
- Whinhill Station
- Port Glasgow Station
- Woodhall Station
- Langbank Station
- Bishopton Station
- Former Georgetown stations
- Paisley St James Station
- Gilmour Street Station
- Arkleston Junction
- Hillington West Station
- Hillington East Station
- Cardonald Station
- Shields Depot
- Former Bridge St Station
- Glasgow Central
- Upstairs
- Downstairs
Wemyss Bay Station
The present station was opened in 1903 by the Caledonian Railway, built to a design by famous Scottish railway architect James Miller and is one of the finest station buildings in the UK, which is not bad going for a small village in the small county of Renfrewshire.Information boards at the station show the evolution of the layout over the years. There are now only two active platforms and tracks, whereas in the past there were at least four.
Wemyss Bay pier
The Pier and station are integral, linked by a covered walkway which can be seen in some of the photos below. There is a frequent car and passenger ferry service to Rothesay on the island of Bute. Initially, the railway company ran steamboat services to many island and coastal ports from here.Wemyss Bay former goods yard
There was a goods yard and a line down to the pier on the west side of the station. It stood in a narrow strip of land along the top of the sea wall. There are still plenty of signs of the old yard in existence today.Leaving the station and pier behind, the single line climbs quite steeply north, crossing the A78 by means of a fairly substantial red sandstone and steel bridge. passing the site of the old engine shed before entering a deep cutting which runs alongside the A78 towards Inverkip. The mothballed Inverkip Power Station is visible briefly on the left, between the trees before entering Inverkip tunnel.
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