Langbank railway station

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Langbank
General view of the station looking west from Platform 1.
Location
Place	Langbank
Local authority	Renfrewshire
Operations
Station code	LGB
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	48,693
History
29 March 1841	Opened as Lang Bank
1 May 1853	Renamed Langbank
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langbank from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Langbank railway station serves the village of Langbank in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is on the Inverclyde Line 26 km (16 miles) west of Glasgow Central.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturdays there is an half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to hourly to Gourock and Wemyss Bay respectively. Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction (westbound to Gourock).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Woodhall		First ScotRail  Inverclyde Line		Bishopton
Historical Railways
Port Glasgow		Caledonian Railway  Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway		Bishopton

[edit] Gallery

Men at work. Track inspectors check the points just east of Langbank station.

[edit] Sources

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

• Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.