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 Interior of the railway station, August 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°52′37″N 4°53′21″W / 55.8769°N 4.8891°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS192685 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | WMS | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 15 May 1865 | Opened[2] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.214 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.202 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 34,738 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.123 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.164 million | ||||
Listed Building – Category A | |||||
| Designated | 10 June 1971 | ||||
| Reference no. | LB12473[3] | ||||
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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 ScotRail.
In Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins, the station was one of only ten to be awarded five stars,[4] and was the station photographed on the front cover.
The station won the 2023 World Cup of Stations, organised by the Rail Delivery Group.[5]
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 244.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "WEMYSS BAY RAILWAY STATION (LB12473)". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Morrison, Richard (9 December 2017). "Review: Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Wemyss Bay is top of the stops and crowned the UK's best loved station and World Cup of Stations champion 2023". Rail Delivery Group News. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.