Fort Matilda train station
You can reach 15 stations directly from Fort Matilda on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bishopton, with 77 trains a day.
Direct trains from Fort Matilda
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopton | 77 | 75 | 45 |
| Greenock Central | 77 | 75 | 45 |
| Greenock West | 77 | 75 | 45 |
| Glasgow Central | 77 | 75 | 14 |
| Gourock | 77 | 75 | 45 |
| Port Glasgow | 77 | 75 | 45 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 77 | 75 | 45 |
| Cartsdyke | 75 | 73 | 45 |
| Bogston | 73 | 71 | 31 |
| Cardonald | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Hillington East | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Hillington West | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Langbank | 25 | 23 | 31 |
| Paisley St James | 25 | 23 | 31 |
| Woodhall | 25 | 23 | 31 |
Lines serving Fort Matilda
Fort Matilda is on the Gourock Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Fort Matilda station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Fort Matilda 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 Fort Matilda station is
115,730 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,692nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Fort Matilda and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 63,348 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.
Nearest other stations
- Gourock 0.8 miles
- Branchton 1.3 miles
- Greenock West 1.3 miles
- Drumfrochar 1.5 miles
- Greenock Central 1.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Fort Matilda, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Greenock Princes Pier · 1.2 miles
- Ravenscraig · 1.7 miles
- Upper Greenock · 1.9 miles
- Lynedoch · 2.0 miles
- IBM · 2.4 miles
- Rhu · 4.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Fort Matilda station
Fort Matilda is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
Parking at Fort Matilda station
- Station Car Park 19 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Fort Matilda station
Fort Matilda 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.
Fort Matilda 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
From the Train Map UK shop See everything
