Publication Account
Date 1985
Event ID 1016541
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016541
Wemyss Bay station and its pier were renowned to generations of Glaswegians as the railway terminus for their annual trip 'doon the watter' to Rothesay on the island of Bute.
Originally opened in 1865 by the Wemyss Bay Railway Company, the station was completely rebuilt in 1903 by its new owners, the Caledonian Railway Company, and is regarded as one of the finest stations of its period. From the outside it is distinguished by its clock-tower and from the inside by the centrally placed booking office from which radiate the steel ribs for the glazed roof.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: The Clyde Estuary and Central Region’, (1985).
