The Greenock and Ayrshire Railway ran from Greenock, Scotland to Bridge of Weir, connecting there to the Glasgow and South Western Railway and making a through connection between Glasgow and Greenock. It closed progressively between 1959 and 1983.
Former Picture Palace Cinema, and Brougham Street dip under railway bridge, negotiated when G&SWR got Parliamentary approval for its line to Albert Harbour.
Greenock Princes Pier was a railway station serving Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, originally as part of the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway. It was approached by a tunnel sloping downhill under Greenock's west end, with railway sidings before the line crossed Brougham Street bridge over the main road to Gourock. The station was set on an embankment on the approach to Prince's Pier, with a line curving down to serve Albert Harbour.
The site of railway sidings and engine shed on the approach, in 2009
The new station buildings were extended to the edge of the quayside, with curved covered ramps on each side.