Whinhill railway station
Railway station in Inverclyde, Scotland
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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.
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View west towards Drumfrochar | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Greenock, Inverclyde Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55.9384°N 4.7466°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS285751 | ||||
| Manager | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | WNL | ||||
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| 14 May 1990 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  4,598 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  22,292 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 27,304 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 38,220 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 43,124 | ||||
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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 | ||
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| Drumfrochar | ScotRail Inverclyde Line |
Port Glasgow | ||
