Wemyss Bay train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Wemyss Bay on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Branchton, with 62 trains a day.
Wemyss Bay is the nearest station for postcodes in PA18, PA17, PA20, PA21. Check your own postcode.
- 14 direct destinations
- 1,362nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 107 parking spaces
Direct trains from Wemyss Bay
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branchton | 62 | 62 | 27 |
| 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 |
| 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 Wemyss Bay
Wemyss Bay is on the Wemyss Bay Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Wemyss Bay station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Wemyss Bay 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 Wemyss Bay station is
211,252 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,362nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Wemyss Bay and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 117,930 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
- Inverkip 2.2 miles
- Branchton 5.5 miles
- Largs 5.9 miles
- Drumfrochar 6.4 miles
- Gourock 6.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Wemyss Bay, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- IBM · 4.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Wemyss Bay station
Wemyss Bay is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:10 to 12:45 · Friday: 06:10 to 13:30 · Saturday: 07:00 to 14:30 · Sunday: 08:55 to 12:45
Toilets · Waiting room · WiFi
Parking at Wemyss Bay station
- Station Car Park 107 spaces, 4 accessible
£3.00 a day
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Wemyss Bay station
Wemyss Bay station is in Inverclyde, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J31 (West Ferry Interchange), 13.1 miles east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Wemyss Bay 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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