This way to the Ferry

Well time has flown by and I cannot believe this is my 400th blip.

Today my daughter, Amy was taking part in a small craft fair in Wemyss Bay Station, so I popped down to see how she was getting on. It was quiet due to the fabulous weather. While there I took a few shots inside the station, just as a train was coming in.

The present station and pier were built in 1903, by the Caledonian Railway Company. The architect, James Miller, and Donald Matheson, Chief Engineer of the Railway Company, were the men responsible for its design. An Edwardian masterpiece, it was the last of the Clyde railway piers to be built, and now the only one remaining.

It is viewed as one of the finest stations of its period, and it well deserves its Grade-A architectural listing. A platform terminus with its sinuous, graceful curves, and elegant glass canopies, still protecting passengers coming off the trains and heading down for the boat connection to Rothesay on the beautiful Isle of Bute.

In its hay day it catered for crowds of holidaymakers escaping from the grime of industrial Glasgow by having a day 'doon the watter'. Today visitors numbers are much fewer, but as you can see there is still an appeal to take the ferry to Rothesay.

Hope you are having a great weekend.