Ravenscraig railway station was 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 south west of the town of

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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, originally as part of the

Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway The Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway was a railway owned by the Caledonian Railway, providing services between Greenock and Wemyss Bay. History The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway In 1841 the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opene ...

and later owned by the Caledonian Railway. The Greenock suburbs now border the site of the station, but When the station opened in 1865, the area was entirely farmland, the nearest suburb being away at Cornhaddock. Even when the station closed in 1944, it was still some distance from the nearest suburb, which was away at Gateside. Smithston Poorhouse and Asylum opened in 1879, this was located around from the station as the crow flies. It was renamed Ravenscraig Hospital when it came under NHS control in 1948. This was four years after the station closed, therefore the name of the station and that of the hospital are not directly connected.

History

The station opened on 15 May 1865 and closed permanently on 1 February 1944.

Gallery

File:Site of Ravenscraig railway station (geograph 4956344 by Thomas Nugent).jpg, The yellow machine is standing where the siding was located (May 2016) File:Wassand - geograph-4892682-by-Martin-Dawes.jpg, The siding was located at the top of this path (April 2016) File:Ravenscraig - geograph-4918791-by-Thomas-Nugent.jpg, The platform was located to the left of the more recent building (April 2016)

References

* Butt, R.V.J. (1995). ''The Directory of Railway Stations'', Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. Disused railway stations in Greenock Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1944 {{Scotland-railstation-stub