Branchton train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Branchton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bishopton, with 62 trains a day.
Branchton is the nearest station for postcodes in PA16. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Branchton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopton | 62 | 62 | 27 |
| Drumfrochar | 62 | 62 | 27 |
| Glasgow Central | 62 | 62 | 0 |
| Inverkip | 62 | 62 | 27 |
| Port Glasgow | 62 | 62 | 27 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 62 | 62 | 27 |
| Wemyss Bay | 62 | 62 | 27 |
| Whinhill | 62 | 62 | 27 |
| Hillington East | 52 | 52 | 0 |
| Hillington West | 52 | 52 | 0 |
| Cardonald | 51 | 52 | 0 |
| Langbank | 50 | 51 | 0 |
| Paisley St James | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Woodhall | 50 | 51 | 0 |
Lines serving Branchton
Branchton is on the Wemyss Bay Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Branchton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Branchton station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Branchton station is
122,300 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,659th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Branchton and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 53,044 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 7 stations instead of 14, a drop of about 50%. Saturday runs to 14.
Nearest other stations
- Drumfrochar 1.2 miles
- Fort Matilda 1.3 miles
- Greenock West 1.5 miles
- Gourock 1.5 miles
- Greenock Central 2.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Branchton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ravenscraig · 0.5 miles
- IBM · 1.2 miles
- Upper Greenock · 1.8 miles
- Greenock Princes Pier · 1.9 miles
- Lynedoch · 1.9 miles
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Facilities at Branchton station
Branchton is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
Parking at Branchton station
- Station Car Park 16 spaces, 1 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Branchton station
Branchton station is in Inverclyde, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J31 (West Ferry Interchange), 9.4 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Branchton station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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