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((redirect|IBM station|IBM computer stations|List of IBM products))
((short description|Disused railway station in Inverclyde, Scotland))
((more citations needed|date=October 2010))
((Use dmy dates|date=December 2018))
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((Infobox station
| name = IBM
| status = Services suspended
| image = IBM Halt - geograph.org.uk - 1213026.jpg
| caption = The platform of the former IBM station
| address = 
| borough = [[Greenock]], [[Inverclyde]]
| country = Scotland
| coordinates = ((coord|55.9295|-4.8271|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title))
| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position = ((gbmapscaled|NS234743|25|NS234743))
| platforms = 1
| code                = IBM
| original = [[Scottish Region of British Railways]]
| years = 9 May 1978
| events = Opened as ''I B M Halt'' - unadvertised
| years1 = 16 May 1983
| events1 = Renamed ''I B M'' - unadvertised
| years2 = 12 May 1986
| events2 = ''I B M'' became publicly advertised
| years3 = 8 December 2018
| events3 = Last usage prior to services being suspended
| mpassengers = ((Rail pass box |pass_year=2014/15 |passengers=((decrease)) 47,376))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2015/16 |passengers=((decrease)) 22,016))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2016/17 |passengers=((decrease)) 6,032))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2017/18 |passengers=((decrease)) 768))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers=((decrease)) 506))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=^ |passengers=((nochange)) Services Suspended))
| mapframe = 
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
))

'''IBM railway station''' (formerly known as '''IBM Halt''') is a currently disused [[train station|railway station]] on the [[Inverclyde Line]], ((convert|25+1⁄2|mi|0)) west of ((Stnlnk|Glasgow Central)).

Clinging to the south slope of [[Spango Valley]] on the [[Inverclyde Line|Glasgow-Wemyss Bay line]], IBM Halt was opened on 9 May 1978<ref>IBM Halt opened ''[[The Railway Magazine]]'' issue 927 July 1978 page 357</ref> by [[British Rail]] to serve what was at that time a thriving [[IBM]] computer manufacturing plant, employing over 4,000 people. Originally, the stop was unadvertised and only peak-time services stopped there, but subsequently the station was publicly advertised, and all but one service stopped there.<ref>GB Rail Timetable (Table 219) and ScotRail Train Times booklet 8 December 2013</ref> At the time the service was suspended it was served by an hourly service in each direction.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181125005158/http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/IBM/2018/12/08/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt Departures from IBM 8 December 2018] Real Train Times</ref>

As the name suggests, the station was located within the confines of a large facility formerly owned entirely by [[IBM]], a major employer for the town of [[Greenock]] until the plant closed. Parts of the site were sold off to companies such as [[Sanmina-SCI]] and [[Lenovo]], which have now closed as well. By June 2009, half of the buildings had been demolished, and the site was re-branded as Valley Park. Despite that, the station name did not change. Due to its location away from major housing areas and other transport links, the station was used primarily by people employed in Valley Park, but access to the station by the general public was possible.

Until 16 May 1983, it was the only station to have the suffix "[[Train station#Halt|halt]]"<ref>((cite book|last=Quick|first=M E|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=238|oclc=931112387))</ref> (two others have it now, [[Coombe Junction Halt railway station|Coombe Junction]] and [[St Keyne Wishing Well Halt railway station|St Keyne Wishing Well]] on the [[Looe Valley Line]] in Cornwall). By 1974, the term "halt" had been removed from [[British Rail]] timetables, station signs, and other official documents. The return of the term came in 1978 for the opening of IBM Halt, and in the renaming of the two Cornish stations in 2008.

==Service suspension==
[[File:Last train at IBM.jpg|thumb|left|314216 arrives at IBM on 8 December 2018 forming the 23:48 service to Glasgow Central. This was the last passenger service to stop at the station.]]
The station had its service suspended with effect from 9 December 2018, with ScotRail citing low patronage and anti-social behaviour on the nearby derelict IBM site. Services may be re-introduced once the site is rebuilt, although there is no fixed timeline for that to happen.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181122095354/https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/stations-and-facilities/ibm IBM Halt] ScotRail</ref><ref>[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/19/ibm_halt_halted_by_scotrail/ Finally a platform for train puns: IBM Halt station derailed] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119123508/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/19/ibm_halt_halted_by_scotrail/ |date=19 November 2018 )) ''[[The Register]]'' 19 November 2018</ref><ref name=Scotsman>((cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/trains-to-skip-stop-ibm-station-to-curb-anti-social-and-criminal-behaviour-1-4833257 |title=Trains to skip stop IBM station to curb criminal and anti-social behaviour |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=21 November 2018 |archive-date=25 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125115435/https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/trains-to-skip-stop-ibm-station-to-curb-anti-social-and-criminal-behaviour-1-4833257 |url-status=live ))</ref> A planning application for a mixed-use development on the IBM site, which would involve the reopening of the station, was submitted in February 2020.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-51460891 |title=Plans lodged for £100m development at Spango Valley |website=BBC News |date=11 February 2020 |access-date=11 February 2020 |archive-date=11 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211140525/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-51460891 |url-status=live ))</ref>

==Services==
At the time when services were suspended, the station was served by an hourly service on the [[Inverclyde Line]] between Glasgow Central and ((Stnlnk|Wemyss Bay)).<ref>((NRtimes|May 2016|219))</ref> Despite that, the annual patronage declined dramatically, from well over 100,000, to about 500 when the services were suspended.<ref name=Scotsman/>

((Rail start))
((Rail line|previous=((Stnlnk|Inverkip))|next=((Stnlnk|Branchton))|route=[[ScotRail]]<br /><small>[[Inverclyde Line]]<br />(Service suspended)</small> |col=((ScotRail colour)) |lightcol=((National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=Inverclyde Line)) ))
((S-end))

==References==
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((Special purpose UK stations))
[[Category:Disused railway stations in Greenock]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened by British Rail]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1978]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2018]]
[[Category:IBM facilities]]

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