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 ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line, 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) from Port Glasgow and 22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) from Glasgow Central.

Whinhill Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Chonaisg[1]
General information
Location	Greenock, Inverclyde Scotland
Coordinates	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
2018/19	41,606
2019/20	40,612
2020/21	4,598
2021/22	22,292
2022/23	27,304
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

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.

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