Bathgate
Location type
StationName and dates
Bathgate (2010-)Station code: BHG National Rail ScotRail
Where: West Lothian, Scotland
Opened on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.
Open on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Bathgate and Airdrie.
Description
This is a new two platform station which occupies a site east of the Bathgate [4th] terminus. The large car park to the north of the station is built on the site of Bathgate Shed.
Tags
Station07/10/2020
| Nearby stations Bathgate Upper Bathgate [4th] Bathgate [1st] Bathgate Lower Whitburn Armadale Armadale [1st] Livingston [1st] Foulshiels Almondhaugh Livingston Mill Livingston North Bangour [Hospital] Westfield Addiewell | Bathgate LMD Bathgate West LMD Quarry Bathgate Shed Bathgate Central Junction Balbardie Brick Works Bathgate West Junction [2nd] Bathgate East LMD Balbardie Steel Works Bathgate Truck Plant Bathgate East Junction [2nd] Bathgate West Junction [1st] Polkemmet Junction Bathgate Brass Foundry West Lothian Steel Rolling Mill and Shovel Works |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 24/03/1986 | Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Re-opened to passengers with stations at Uphall, Livingston North, and Bathgate. |
| 18/05/2010 | Longridge to Bathgate (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) A DB Shenker train becomes the first to enter the new railway between Airdrie and Bathgate at Bathgate, from which the line was laid westwards. |
| 16/10/2010 | Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Bathgate [4th] closed, replaced by Bathgate two days later. |
| 18/10/2010 | New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)
Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways) Opened for driver training between Airdrie and Bathgate. |
| 18/10/2010 | Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Bathgate station opened, a through station, replacing the Bathgate [4th] terminus |
| 12/12/2010 | New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)
Boghead to Cowdenhead Branch (Monkland Railways)
Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways) Opened between Airdrie and Bathgate. Stations at Drumgelloch, Caldercruix (delayed opening until 13 February), Blackridge, Armadale. |
News items
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
