Fort Matilda railway station
Fort Matilda railway station lies at the far western edge of the town of Greenock, Scotland. It is a non-staffed station, and is the last stop before the terminus of Gourock railway station on the Inverclyde Line out of Glasgow Central station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Fort Matilda, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Fort Matilda Railway Station”, “FTM”, and “Greenock, Newark Street, Fort Matilda Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Finnart St Paul’s Church and Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home.
Finnart St Paul’s Church
Church
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finnart St Paul’s Church is situated 2,800 feet east of Fort Matilda railway station.
Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home
Building
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home is a building, which is situated 1,600 feet east of Fort Matilda railway station.
Gourock railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gourock railway station is a terminus of the Inverclyde Line, located at Gourock pierhead, Scotland. It was originally closely integrated with an extensive clyde steamer pier as well as serving the coastal resort town. Gourock railway station is situated 1 mile west of Fort Matilda railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Matilda and Gourock.
Fort Matilda
Suburb
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Fort Matilda is an area of the town of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland. Its name comes from a coastal battery built on Whiteforeland Point 1814–1819 to defend the River Clyde.
Gourock
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gourock is a ferry port on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland. Most visitors are only passing through, to catch ferries to Dunoon in Argyll. In 2022 Gourock had a population of 10,200.
Greenock West
Suburb
Greenock West, also known simply as the West End, is an area of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The streets are in a grid like layout referred to as blocks as opposed to the irregular street patterns elsewhere in the town.
Fort Matilda railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95892° or 55° 57′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.79521° or 4° 47′ 43″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“FTM”Open location code
9C7QX653+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 31248198OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Fort Matilda railway station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬蒂達堡火車站”
- Dutch: “station Fort Matilda”
- Dutch: “Station Fort Matilda”
- French: “Fort Matilda”
- French: “gare de Fort Matilda”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Matilda railway station”. Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.