Help us restore this iconic Edwardian landmark to its former glory and splendour.
Book Shop
Our first class second-hand bookshop (housed in the original first class waiting rooms) is our public point of contact, and our main means of fund-raising. It is open from 9.30 - 4.30, Mondays to Saturdays, and staffed by volunteers.
The stock is wide-ranging, and always changing.
We also sell our own postcards, prints, and local history publications.
Available in the Station Bookshop
Or by post from : The Station Bookshop, Wemyss Bay Station, PA18 6AR (P&P will be added)
Cheques payable to 'Friends of Wemyss Bay Station'.
New Books For Sale
(Local history and railway history)
Caledonian Railway's Wemyss Bay Station
We have, with the aid of the Caledonian Railway Association, produced our first publication about the station, a collection of historic photographs taken during its construction and opening. Cost £5
£6 Order Here (inc UK postage)
£9.00 Order Here ( inc Overseas postage).
Glasgow Central : Central to Glasgow
2nd Enlarged Edition - "An affectionate tribute in the form of facts, recollections, images and miscellanea from some admirers of Glasgow Central, upon the 100th anniversary of the expansion of the station under whose spell we have fallen."
Price : £19.95 +P&P (= £3.05 UK, £8,00 Overseas)
Order Here (UK)
Order Here (Overseas)
Old Inverkip, Skelmorlie & Wemyss Bay by John Macleay
Old Inverkip, Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay, by John Macleay. 2009
Cost : £7.99 + P&P (= £1.01 UK, £2.01 Overseas)
Order Here (UK)
Order Here (Overseas)
Wemyss Bay 1912 - Old Ordnance Survey Map
Includes brief history of the area
Cost: £2.25 + P&P (= £0.75 UK, £2.25 Overseas)
BUTE by David McDowall
Cost £11.99 + P&P (= £3.01 UK, £6.01 Rest of World)
CALEY 828 by Jim MacIntosh
Newly published, a must for all rail enthusiasts,
the inspiring story of a locomotive saved from
the cutter’s torch, preserved, and now running
on the Strathspey Railway.
the inspiring story of a locomotive saved from
the cutter’s torch, preserved, and now running
on the Strathspey Railway.
Cost £10.00 + P&P (= £1.50 UK)
The Official Guide to the many aspects of this fascinating walk
Cost £12 + P&P (=£3.50 UK)
ABOARD THE "Queen Mary II"
A purser's life on the Glasgow boat
by Richard M. Orr
Published 2011
Cost £18.95
+ P&P : £4.00 (UK); £6 (Europe); £10 (USA)
Discover the Isle of Bute - visitor map
Cost £5.95 (P+P £1.05, overseas £2.25)
Bute Connections by Jean McMillan et al
. 
Cost £6.00 (P+P £1.00, overseas : £2.00)
