History
The station was opened by the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Company on 23 December 1869, as Kilmacolm; however on 1 December 1904 it was renamed Kilmacolm G&SW. The station was largely rebuilt in 1907.
On 14 February 1959, stopping passenger services from Glasgow and Paisley ceased running beyond Kilmacolm; however, the Glasgow St Enoch to Greenock Prince's Pier Ocean Liner boat trains continued running, without stopping, through the station until 30 November 1965.
The tracks were truncated at Kilmacolm in September 1966 and it became the north western terminus of the Paisley Canal Line passenger services.
The station and the rest of the line closed on 10 January 1983.
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