Whinhill railway station

Whinhill National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a’ Chonaisg

Looking east towards Cartsburn Tunnel. A disused tunnel (behind the bushes to the right) runs parallel with it.
Location
Place Greenock
Local authority Inverclyde
Coordinates 55°56′18″N 4°44′48″W / 55.9384°N 4.7466°W / 55.9384; -4.7466Coordinates: 55°56′18″N 4°44′48″W / 55.9384°N 4.7466°W / 55.9384; -4.7466
Grid reference NS285751
Operations
Station code WNL
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  33,474
2005/06 Increase 36,735
2006/07 Decrease 32,819
2007/08 Decrease 32,208
2008/09 Increase 35,276
2009/10 Decrease 35,224
2010/11 Increase 37,772
2011/12 Increase 40,028
2012/13 Increase 45,272
2013/14 Increase 52,148
History
14 May 1990 Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whinhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 Abellio ScotRail and is served by Inverclyde Line services between Glasgow and Wemyss Bay.

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.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Drumfrochar   Abellio ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
  Port Glasgow


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