Bishopton railway station

Bishopton
Bishopton station viewed from Station Road. The train is bound for Glasgow Central.
Location
Place	Bishopton
Local authority	Renfrewshire
Coordinates	55.902°N 4.502°W / 55.902; -4.502
Operations
Station code	BPT
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.471 million
2005/06 *	0.504 million
2006/07 *	0.519 million
2007/08 *	0.510 million
2008/09 *	0.615 million
History
29 March 1841	Opened
World War II	Lengthened platforms for ROF Bishopton
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bishopton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Bishopton railway station serves the town of Bishopton in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Glasgow Central.

Services

Bishopton is served by four services per hour (off-peak): three to/from Gourock, and one to/from Wemyss Bay with four per hour in the other direction to and from Glasgow Central.

Evenings and Sundays there are two trains per hour to Glasgow Central and hourly services to both Wemyss Bay and Gourock.

Gallery

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  View NW, towards Greenock and Gourock in 1961

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  A Glasgow bound train is just departing. The electronic information panel on the left is a fairly recent addition.

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  Station building

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  A Wemyss Bay bound train approaching from Glasgow

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Langbank		First ScotRail  Inverclyde Line		Paisley St James
	Historical railways
Langbank		Caledonian Railway  Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway		Georgetown Line open; station closed

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.