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Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

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ScotRail ScotRail Trains Limited, trading as ScotRail ( gd, Rèile na h-Alba), is a Scottish train operating company that is publicly owned by Scottish Rail Holdings on behalf of the Scottish Government. It has been operating the ScotRail franchise a ...

, platforms = 1 , code = DFR , years = 24 May 1998 , events = Opened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Drumfrochar railway station is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in a residential district in the south-western part of

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. The station is managed by

and is on the Inverclyde Line, west of . Upon exiting the station to the west, one is confronted with panoramic views over the south-west of the town, including

Greenock prison HMP Greenock is a prison located in Greenock, Scotland, serving designated courts in western Scotland by holding male prisoners on remand, and short-term convicted prisoners. It also provides a national facility for selected prisoners serving 12 y ...

. Opened on 24 May 1998, it is the newest station on the line. The station is on the site of the Greenock rail accident in 1994.

Services

Since opening in 1998, there has been an hourly service at Drumfrochar, with Inverclyde Line services between and .

Gallery

Image:Drumfrochar5.jpg, Drumfrochar station signs Image:Drumfrochar2.jpg, A Glasgow bound train is just leaving Image:Drumfrochar(1).jpg, Drumfrochar station, looking east towards Glasgow

References

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Railway stations in Greenock Railway stations opened by Railtrack Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1998 Railway stations served by ScotRail SPT railway stations 1998 establishments in Scotland {{Scotland-railstation-stub