Ravenscraig

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Ravenscraig (1865-1944)

Opened on the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway.

Description

This was a single platform station on the east side of the line, with a siding opposite approached from the Wemyss Bay direction.

Ravenscraig Farm was to the south west.

Today Branchton station is not far to the north east and IBM is to the south west.

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
04/08/2018



Chronology Dates

15/05/1865Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway
Line opened from Port Glasgow through southern Greenock to Wemyss Bay. Stations at Upper Greenock, Ravenscraig, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay.
  /  /1944Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway
Ravenscraig closed.

News items

11/09/2023Scottish Government's decision on proposed freight hub at Ravenscraig imminent [Daily Record]
21/07/2023MSP reaffirms her opposition to controversial rail freight hub proposals for Ravenscraig [Daily Record]
14/06/2023Lanarkshire councillor calls on ScotRail to install ticket machine at station [Daily Record]
08/06/2023Scotland's Railway supports community benefits through Ravenscraig bridge project [Network Rail]
09/05/2023Cross-party congress renews calls for rejection of controversial Ravenscraig rail freight hub appeal [Daily Record]
14/04/2023On-time completion for new £16m Ravenscraig rail bridge [Network Rail]
13/04/2023Record-breaking 5,000-tonne bridge move completed in Ravenscraig [STV]
28/03/2023Easter holiday travel warning for Lanarkshire train passengers [Daily Record]
23/03/2023'Biggest move of its kind in Europe' as new Lanarkshire bridge moves into place [Daily Record]
20/03/2023Ravenscraig project prepares for one of the largest bridge lifts in Europe [Network Rail]