This is a three platform terminus with a glazed roof. (It was four, but one platform^s track is lifted.) There is a circulating area, covered by a glazed barrel ceiling with a small shop. The ticket office is by the main entrance off East Princes Street. At this entry is a two storey building facing the street, with a private lane on its west side. There is also a passageway entrance from the carpark to the north. The station is located in the centre of the town, close to the sea but one block inland from it.
The original station was somewhat smaller, rebuilding being around 1890. The original station was described in the Ordnance Survey Name Book thus
A large brick building situated Princes St, it is the Terminus of the Glasgow - Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.
The station is not far from Helensburgh Pier, a block away to the south and a little west, and the West Bay beach and its Esplanade, a promenade which stretches west for half a mile. To the east the flywheel of the PS Comet [I] can be found displayed in a small area of park overlooking the sea
About a mile uphill, and past Helensburgh Upper station, which is much closer but with far fewer trains, can be found the Helensburgh Hill House designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. (Much closer is another one of his works, the Mackintosh Club .)
Nearby stations Helensburgh Ticket Platform Helensburgh Upper Craigendoran Pier Craigendoran Craigendoran Upper Rhu Faslane Platform Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Fort Matilda Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock Central Greenock West Cartsdyke Cardross | Helensburgh Shed Helensburgh Gas Works Helensburgh Upper Goods Helensburgh Construction Camp Craigendoran West Signal Box Craigendoran West Yard Craigendoran Junction Tourist/other Colquhoun Square Helensburgh Pier Woodend Level Crossing Helensburgh Hill House Ardencaple Castle Craigendoran Old Ferry Pier Ardencaple Level Crossing Woodhead Dam |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |