Bogston railway station
Railway station in Inverclyde, Scotland
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Bogston railway station is on the Inverclyde Line, at Bogston in the East end of Greenock in Inverclyde council area, Scotland. The station is 213⁄4 miles (35 km) west of Glasgow Central.
Bogston  | |||||
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In the east end of Greenock, on the Glasgow-Gourock line. The Glasgow-Wemyss Bay line runs atop the embankment on the right. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Bogston, Inverclyde Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55.9372°N 4.7124°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS306748 | ||||
| Manager | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | BGS | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  3,184 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  16,298 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 19,470 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 23,616 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 27,266 | ||||
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In past years the station had a goods yard serving the adjacent ship yards and nearby was the Ladyburn locomotive shed (shedplate 66D). The immediately adjacent line from Port Glasgow to Wemyss Bay passes Bogston using a railway line positioned at a higher level. However this route has never served Bogston.
Service
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]
- 2 tph to Glasgow Central via Paisley Gilmour Street
- 2 tph to Gourock
Additional trains call at the station during peak hours.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Cartsdyke | ScotRail Inverclyde Line |
Port Glasgow | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Cartsdyke | Caledonian Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway |
Port Glasgow | ||
