Place Greenock Post-grouping LMS | Area Inverclyde Platforms in use 6 | |
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Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway 23 December 1869 Opened as Greenock Albert Harbour 1 May 1875 Renamed as Greenock Princes Pier Original company Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Similar St Enoch railway station, Princes Pier, Kilmacolm railway station, Greenock Central railway st, Whinhill railway station | ||
Greenock Princes Pier was a railway station serving Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally as part of the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.
History
The station opened on 23 December 1869, as Greenock Albert Harbour being renamed as Greenock Princes Pier on 1 May 1875. On 25 May 1894 the original station was closed and replaced by a new station 90 m to the north.
On 2 February 1959, stopping passenger services from Glasgow and Paisley ceased running beyond Kilmacolm; however, the St Enoch boat trains continued running, without stopping until 30 November 1965.
References
Greenock Princes Pier railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA