Branchton railway station
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Branchton, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “BCN”, “Branchton Railway Station”, and “Branchton Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inverclyde Royal Hospital and Ravenscraig Stadium.
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverclyde Royal Hospital is a district general hospital in Greenock which serves a population area of 125,000 consisting of Inverclyde, Largs, Isle of Bute and Cowal Peninsula. Inverclyde Royal Hospital is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Branchton railway station.
Ravenscraig Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenscraig Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The stadium is primarily set up for athletics, with a running track, but it is also the traditional home of Greenock Juniors Football Club. Ravenscraig Stadium is situated 2,000 feet west of Branchton railway station.
Inverclyde Academy
School
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverclyde Academy is a secondary school in Greenock, Scotland that provides education to the majority of the Inverclyde area. The catchment area for the Academy stretches from the Inverclyde border at Wemyss Bay to Greenock's East End and Strone Farm areas. Inverclyde Academy is situated 1,400 feet west of Branchton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Branchton and Braeside.
Branchton
Suburb
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Branchton is an area of the town of Greenock, in Inverclyde, Scotland. Tenements used to dominate the area, which acquired a reputation as socially disadvantaged, but a recent cash injection means that the area is being redeveloped with new housing and community projects. Branchton railway station is on the Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central line.
Braeside
Suburb
Braeside is a neighbourhood situated on the far west side of Greenock, in Inverclyde, Scotland. It has one primary schools in its vicinity, Aileymill, a high school Inverclyde Academy and used to have a special needs school for handicapped children, Glenburn…
Branchton railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.94055° or 55° 56′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.80365° or 4° 48′ 13″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“BCN”Open location code
9C7QW5RW+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 22256294OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Branchton railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Branchton”
- Dutch: “Station Branchton”
- French: “Branchton”
- French: “gare de Branchton”
- Japanese: “ブランチトン駅”
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