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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.
