Whinhill
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Whinhill (1990-)
Opened on the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway.
Open on the Inverclyde Lines.
Description
This is a single platform station, the platform erected on the south side of the single track line. The station is immediately west of Cartburn Tunnel.
The line was originally single track and a second line was added, through a second tunnel, to the south of the existing line. This westbound line was lifted. The platform is on the site of this lifted line and the disused single bore tunnel still exists, the portal of which can be seen from the station.
To the west, from Berryards Junction, the Overton Paper Mill was reached via a reversing spur. Just beyond this was Upper Greenock, a station which Whinhill effectively replaces.
Tags
StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
Nearby stations Greenock (Lynedoch) Upper Greenock Greenock Central Greenock Bridge Street Cartsdyke Drumfrochar Greenock West Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Bogston Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Branchton Port Glasgow Fort Matilda Ravenscraig Gourock | Other railway and industry locations Cartsburn Junction Cartsburn Viaduct Cartsburn Tunnel South Cartsburn Tunnel Balwhirley Tunnel South Balwhirley Tunnel North Ardgowan Distillery Berryards Junction Engine Works Cartsdyke Goods Victoria Harbour Lynedoch Goods Tate and Lyle Factory Lynedoch Street Tunnel South Lynedoch Street Tunnel North |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
