Wemyss Bay railway station
Wemyss Bay 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Bàgh nan Uaimhean | |
Interior of the railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Wemyss Bay |
| Local authority | Inverclyde |
| Coordinates | 55°52′37″N 4°53′21″W / 55.8769°N 4.8891°WCoordinates: 55°52′37″N 4°53′21″W / 55.8769°N 4.8891°W |
| Grid reference | NS192685 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WMS |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.197 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.210 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.213 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.216 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.166 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| 15 May 1865 | 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 Wemyss Bay from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Wemyss Bay railway station serves the village of Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the Inverclyde Line, about 26 miles (42 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station incorporates the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal connecting mainland Scotland to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail.
Work began in late 1862 on the single track Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway branching from the main Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway at Port Glasgow and taking an inland route across to the coast at Inverkip before descending to Wemyss Bay. This was to connect to Clyde steamer services for Rothesay, Largs and Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, allowing a combined train and steamer journey time of an hour and a half, compared with a typical time of three hours by steamer from Glasgow. The Wemyss Bay Steamboat Company was formed to own the connecting steamers, competing with the private owners of other Clyde steamer services. The route opened on 15 May 1865, but over-ambitious timetables led to severe delays during the first year, damaging the company's reputation, and the route subsequently faced strong competition from other pierheads.
Train services were electrified in 1967 by British Rail, using the 25kV A.C system.
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