Branchton railway station
Railway station in Inverclyde, Scotland
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Branchton railway station is a railway station in Scotland opened in 1967 under British Rail located in the south-west of the town of Greenock, beside the area called Branchton. The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 24+3⁄4 mi (40 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station is managed by ScotRail.
Branchton  | |||||
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View looking towards Greenock from footbridge over Inverkip Road | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Branchton, Inverclyde Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55.9404°N 4.8042°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS250754 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BCN | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | BR Scottish Region | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 June 1967 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  18,714 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  68,962 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 88,506 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.110 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.122 million | ||||
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Services
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]
- 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 | ||
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| Inverkip | ScotRail Inverclyde Line |
Drumfrochar | ||
Gallery
The station in 1974
The station building had been unstaffed and boarded up for several years. It was boarded up shortly after being completely renovated, The station building was demolished in March 2015. Inverkip Road is to the left; Ravenscraig Court is obscured by the trees.
Looking down the platform, away from the station building. The posts with the yellow bands are for new CCTV equipment for use by train drivers.
Eastbound Class 334 train arriving at the station
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