Fort Matilda
Station 138Rudy visited Fort Matilda on
Friday, 26th August 2022
arriving at 13:23 on a train from Greenock Central.
Fort Matilda is a residential suburb between Greenock and Gourock, it sits opposite the entrance to the Holy Loch on the Firth of Clyde.
Fort Matilda Station
Fort Matilda opened in 1889 when the Caledonian Railway built its line to Gourock. It’s named after a coastal battery that defended the Clyde from the 1810s until it was demolished in the 1930s.
Rudy had time for a little rest and drink of water at Fort Matilda before his train home and in a great change from tradition he looked the correct way to check for his train arriving!
The station building at Fort Matilda is used as the base for the Greenock & District Model Railway Club.
Fort Matilda is on the Gourock branch of the Inverclyde Line, fast trains from Glasgow Central take thirty five minutes, slower stopping trains take about ten minutes longer. It’s just three minutes from the end of the line at Gourock.
Despite the wonderful station building, Fort Matilda is listed as unstaffed. There are no toilet facilities and step-free access is to the Glasgow bound platform only, returning requires going over the footbridge to exit the station.
