Greenock Central train station
You can reach 15 stations directly from Greenock Central on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bishopton, with 77 trains a day.
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Greenock Central is the nearest station for postcodes in PA15. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Greenock Central
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopton | 77 | 75 | 46 |
| Fort Matilda | 77 | 75 | 45 |
| Greenock West | 77 | 75 | 46 |
| Glasgow Central | 77 | 75 | 14 |
| Gourock | 77 | 75 | 46 |
| Port Glasgow | 77 | 75 | 46 |
| Paisley Gilmour Street | 77 | 75 | 46 |
| Cartsdyke | 75 | 73 | 46 |
| Bogston | 73 | 71 | 32 |
| 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 | 32 |
Lines serving Greenock Central
Greenock Central is on the Gourock Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Greenock Central station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Greenock Central 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 Greenock Central station is
244,898 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,265th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 675 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Greenock Central and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 109,656 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
- Whinhill 0.5 miles
- Greenock West 0.6 miles
- Cartsdyke 0.8 miles
- Drumfrochar 0.8 miles
- Bogston 1.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Greenock Central, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Lynedoch · 0.3 miles
- Upper Greenock · 0.4 miles
- Greenock Princes Pier · 0.9 miles
- Ravenscraig · 2.4 miles
- IBM · 3.1 miles
- Port Glasgow Upper · 3.7 miles
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Facilities at Greenock Central station
Greenock Central is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 07:30 to 10:45 · Friday: 10:15 to 18:00 · Saturday: 09:30 to 17:15 · Sunday: 09:30 to 13:30
Toilets
Parking at Greenock Central station
- Station Car Park 21 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Greenock Central station
Greenock Central station is in Inverclyde, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J31 (West Ferry Interchange), 7.5 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Greenock Central 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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