Langbank railway station
Langbank railway station serves the village of Langbank in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 16 miles (26 km) west of Glasgow Central.
Langbank | |
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Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhruach Fhada[1] | |
General view of Langbank station looking west from Platform 1 | |
Location | |
Place | Langbank |
Local authority | Renfrewshire |
Coordinates | 55.9247°N 4.5864°W |
Grid reference | NS385731 |
Operations | |
Station code | LGB |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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History | |
29 March 1841 | Opened as Lang Bank |
1 May 1853 | Renamed Langbank |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langbank from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. |
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound hourly to both Gourock and Wemyss Bay. Most journeys to Wemyss Bay require a change at Port Glasgow. On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction (westbound to Gourock).
Preceding station | Following station | |||
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Woodhall | Abellio ScotRail Inverclyde Line |
Bishopton | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Port Glasgow |
Caledonian Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway |
Bishopton |
Gallery
- A Glasgow bound train leaving Platform 1
- A Gourock bound train arriving from Glasgow Central
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References
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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