Wemyss Bay railway station

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Wemyss Bay

Interior of the railway station

Location

Place

Wemyss Bay

Local authority

Inverclyde

Operations

Station code

WMS

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2002/03 *

0.161 million

2004/05 *

0.165 million

2005/06 *

0.165 million

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

SPT

History

1865

Opened

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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 Wemyss Bay from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Wemyss Bay railway station serves the village of Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland . The station is a terminus on Inverclyde Line 42 km (26¼ miles) west of Glasgow Central. The station incorporates the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal connecting mainland Scotland to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. The station is managed by First ScotRail.

1 History
2 Station building
3 Service
4 References
5 External links
6 Gallery

[edit] History

Work began in late 1862 on the single track Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway branching from the main Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway at Port Glasgow and taking an inland route across to the coast at Inverkip before descending to Wemyss Bay. This was to connect to Clyde steamer services for Rothesay, Largs and Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, allowing a combined train and steamer journey time of an hour and a half, compared with a typical time of three hours by steamer from Glasgow. The Wemyss Bay Steamboat Company was formed to own the connecting steamers, competing with the private owners of other Clyde steamer services. The route opened on 15 May 1865, but over ambitious timetables led to severe delays during the first year damaging the company's reputation, and the route subsequently faced strong competition from other pierheads.

[edit] Station building

The station was designed by James Miller in 1903 for the Caledonian Railway and is remarkable in its use of glass and steel curves. The station is noted for its architectural qualities and, although one of Scotland's finest railway buildings and Category A listed, it has suffered from neglect.

[edit] Service

There is an hourly daily hourly service to Glasgow Central.

Preceding station		Following station
Terminus	First ScotRail Inverclyde Line	Inverkip
Historical Railways
Terminus	Caledonian Railway Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway	Inverkip Line and station open

[edit] References

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.