INVERCLYDE'S railway stations have missed out on a drive to install life-saving defibrillators.

Rail bosses have announced plans to invest £50,000 putting the devices into 34 station across Scotland

But so far all 13 local stations, including Greenock Central, Gourock and Port Glasgow, have failed to make the list

Local campaigners, led by the mum of late schoolboy Jayden Orr, who tragically collapsed and died, are now calling on rail bosses to reconsider.

Inverclyde MSP Stuart McMillan says he will raise the issue when he meets with the ScotRail Alliance Managing Director in the coming weeks.

Campaigner Kathleen, who lost her son last August, said: "We have obviously been campaigning hard to raise awareness of the need for more life-saving defibs in Inverclyde and it is great that ScotRail are putting them in stations.

"But I would urge them to consider Inverclyde."

ScotRail says it will spend £50,000 on the devices, with Paisley Gilmour Street one of the stations chosen.

MSP Mr McMillan said: "I welcome the announcement from ScotRail which confirms that defibrillators and increasing their provision is a growing national issue.

"The Jayden’s Rainbow campaign has done so much to raise the awareness of defibrillators and it would be fantastic if ScotRail could support the campaign and support our community by locating at least one of these 34 defibrillators in Inverclyde.

"I am meeting with the managing director of the ScotRail Alliance, Alex Hynes, in the coming weeks and I will raise this subject with him directly.”

West of Scotland MSP Neil Bibby, who also backed the campaign at parliament, said: "It is disappointing that no station in Inverclyde is to be included in the rollout – particularly so because of the high profile ’Show Some Heart’ defibrillator campaign the Greenock Telegraph are running alongside Jayden Orr’s family in memory of the 10-year-old.

"Defibrillators installed in public places, including in train stations, can be life-saving.

"I hope that ScotRail will continue the rollout to include stations in Inverclyde.”

A Scotrail spokesperson added “We’ve carefully chosen the stations that will receive defibrillators, prioritising those with the greatest chance of saving lives.

“We are open to expanding this roll-out, and are looking into how we can help even more people.”