Wemyss Bay railway station
- Wemyss Bay railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Wemyss Bay
other_name =
code = WMS
caption = Interior of the railway station
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Wemyss Bay
borough = Inverclyde
platforms = 2
pte = SPT
usage0203 = 0.161
usage0405 = 0.165
usage0506 = 0.165
years = 1865
events = Opened
years1 =
events1 =
Wemyss Bay railway station serves the village of Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland . The station is a terminus on Inverclyde Line about convert|26|mi|km 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.
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.
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.
ervice
There is an hourly daily hourly service to Glasgow Central.
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References
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* Clyde Pleasure Steamers - Ian McCrorie, Orr, Pollock & Co. Ltd., Greenock, ISBN 1-869850-00-9
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