Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Greenock, Central Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Greenock, Central Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Greenock Station; Greenock, Station Avenue, Central Station
Canmore ID 105640
Site Number NS27NE 41
NGR NS 28229 75910
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105640
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27NE 41 28229 75910
Location formerly cited as NS 2823 7591.
Sta [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1993.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Probably earlier known as Cathcart Street Station.
Probably opened 29/03/1841 (Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway)
A former Caledonian railway station visible on vertical air photograph (OS 88/041/102, flown 1988).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NS 283 759). Greenock Central Station, built 1889 for the Caledonian Rly. A 4-platform station, with 2 through platforms and a double bay at the E end. The station is on a sloping site. The main offices are on the up platform, in a single-storey bulding with Gothic features. The main frontage has 5 arched openings, 1 now blocked up. There are substantial glazed awnings over both platforms.
J R Hume 1976.
