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A newly-installed lift at Port Glasgow train station has been out of action for more than a week due to damage caused by heavy rain.
(Permalink) Lift Port Glasgow |
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Scotland's Railway and friends from the community gathered on Friday (December 1) to celebrate the official opening of Port Glasgow stations £5m footbridge and lifts.
(Permalink) Accessible Footbridge Lifts Port Glasgow |
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Progress continues at Port Glasgow station where a 90-tonne steel structure was 'craned' in last weekend.
(Permalink) Port Glasgow  Port Glasgow: Progress continues at Port Glasgow station where a 90-tonne steel structure was 'craned' in last weekend. Network Rail engineers worked through the night to install the two-story footbridge and lift t ...  Port Glasgow: New accessible ramp access at Port Glasgow station's main entrance.  Port Glasgow: Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Featuring a Class 170 interestingly ...] |
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A Port councillor has praised the £5million improvements including an accessible bridge and ramp at the town's railway station.
(Permalink) Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: New accessible ramp access at Port Glasgow station's main entrance. Port Glasgow: Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Featuring a Class 170 interestingly ...] |
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The £5m project to improve accessibility for passengers at Port Glasgow station has reached a major milestone as a ramp at the Princes Street entrance is now complete.
(Permalink) Accessibility Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: New accessible ramp access at Port Glasgow station's main entrance.  Port Glasgow: Main entrance to Port Glasgow station from the junction of Station Road ad Princes Street seen on 2 April 2010. |
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Port Glasgow Railway Station will be shut overnight this weekend as work to install a new footbridge is carried out.
(Permalink) Footbridge Lifts Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Featuring a Class 170 interestingly ...]  Port Glasgow: An aerial view of Port Glasgow station seen from the east showing the traditional footbridge, canopied station buildings and car park with ramps. |
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Commuters faced disruption this morning after a signalling fault forced Gourock trains to leave from and terminate at Port Glasgow.
(Permalink) Glasgow Gourock Port Glasgow Signalling fault |
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Work is progressing on the major project to improve access at Port Glasgow Railway Station.
(Permalink) Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Featuring a Class 170 interestingly ...] |
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Rail bosses will visit to discuss upcoming improvements to Port Glasgow Railway Station at a public meeting on Monday.
(Permalink) Accessability Port Glasgow Public meeting Port Glasgow: Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Featuring a Class 170 interestingly ...] Port Glasgow: An aerial view of Port Glasgow station seen from the east showing the traditional footbridge, canopied station buildings and car park with ramps. |
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Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Announced in 2022.]
(Permalink) Accessibility Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: Work on a £5m project to improve accessibility at Port Glasgow station in Inverclyde is set to commence next month. [Featuring a Class 170 interestingly ...] |
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Port Glasgow West Community Council have welcomed a date for the start of work on the new footbridge at the town's railway station.
(Permalink) Port Glasgow |
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A campaigning councillor has welcomed a series of major improvements to Port Glasgow Railway Station.
(Permalink) Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: Main entrance to Port Glasgow station from the junction of Station Road ad Princes Street seen on 2 April 2010.  Port Glasgow: Looking west along the platform at Port Glasgow station on 29 April 2007. |
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Proposals to build a new community hub and cafe in Parklea and improvements to disabled access at Port Glasgow station feature in this month's round up.
(Permalink) Accessibility Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: Looking west along the platform at Port Glasgow station on 29 April 2007. |
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Plans to improve disabled access and replace the footbridge at Port Glasgow Railway Station have been lodged with Inverclyde Council.
(Permalink) Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: Looking west along the platform at Port Glasgow station on 29 April 2007.  Port Glasgow: A station with lots of character (and characters). View east along the platforms at Port Glasgow. April 2007. |
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A major Glasgow rail line has been blocked, after a train developed a fault.
(Permalink) Port Glasgow |
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Inverclyde Council has called on Scotrail to halt its plans to close ticket offices in the district.
(Permalink) Inverclyde Council Port Glasgow ScotRail Ticket office closures Ticket office hours Woodhall Port Glasgow: Main entrance to Port Glasgow station from the junction of Station Road ad Princes Street seen on 2 April 2010.  Woodhall: Entrance to Woodhall station on the east side of Port Glasgow. View northwest across Glasgow Road (and the Clyde beyond) on Sunday 29 July 2007. |
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Community activists in Port Glasgow are railing against controversial plans to shut Woodhall station ticket office and slash opening hours at the town's main hub.
(Permalink) Opening hours Port Glasgow Ticket offices Woodhall Port Glasgow: Main entrance to Port Glasgow station from the junction of Station Road ad Princes Street seen on 2 April 2010. Woodhall: Entrance to Woodhall station on the east side of Port Glasgow. View northwest across Glasgow Road (and the Clyde beyond) on Sunday 29 July 2007. |
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A tree has blocked a railway line in Inverclyde, affecting Glasgow bound services today.
(Permalink) Fallen tree Port Glasgow Woodhall |
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Moves to open up Port Glasgow Railway Station to disabled passengers have taken a major step forward.
(Permalink) Port Glasgow Port Glasgow: Looking west along the platform at Port Glasgow station on 29 April 2007. |
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A call has been made for a new platform at Port Glasgow Railway Station to introduce a shuttle service with Wemyss Bay and cope with increasing demand.
(Permalink) Platform reinstatement Port Glasgow  Port Glasgow: Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80001 calls at Port Glasgow with a westbound service c 1965. Note the former footbridge and the bay platform that once handled Wemyss Bay services. |
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