Branchton railway station
Branchton 
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View looking towards Greenock from
footbridge over Inverkip Road |
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| Location | |
| Place | Branchton |
| Local authority | Inverclyde |
| Coordinates | 55°56′25″N 4°48′15″W / 55.9404°N 4.8042°WCoordinates: 55°56′25″N 4°48′15″W / 55.9404°N 4.8042°W |
| Grid reference | NS250754 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BCN |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 98,692 |
| 2012/13 |
0.108 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.114 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.117 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.122 million |
| History | |
| Original company | BR Scottish Region |
| 5 June 1967 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Branchton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Branchton railway station is a railway station in Scotland opened in 1967 under British Rail located in the south-west of the town of Greenock, beside the area called Branchton. The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 24¾ miles (40 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail.
There is an hourly service daily (including Sundays) eastbound to Paisley Gilmour Street & Glasgow Central and westbound to Wemyss Bay.
The station in 1974
The station building had been un-manned and boarded up for several years. It was boarded up shortly after being completely renovated, The station Building was demolished in March 2015. Inverkip Road is to the left; Ravenscraig Court is obscured by the trees.
Looking down the platform, away from the station building. The posts with the yellow bands are for new CCTV equipment for use by train drivers.
Eastbound Class 334 train arriving at the station
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