Bathgate West Junction
Location type
Junction
Name and dates
Bathgate West Junction (1897-1923)
Opened on the Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways).
Opened on the Bathgate Loop (North British Railway).
Description
This was the junction formed between the 1855 Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways) and later 1897 Bathgate Loop (North British Railway) which allowed trains from Avonbridge to approach Bathgate Upper. The 'loop' created a triangle of lines west of the upper station.
It was renamed Bathgate North in 1903. The north to south curve closed in 1923 and box closed.
Tags
JunctionNearby stations Bathgate [1st] Bathgate Upper Bathgate [4th] Bathgate Lower Bathgate Armadale Whitburn Armadale [1st] Foulshiels Westfield Livingston [1st] Almondhaugh Bangour [Hospital] Livingston Mill Bents | Other railway and industry locations Balbardie Steel Works Polkemmet Junction Bathgate Central Junction Bathgate Shed Bathgate LMD Easton Colliery Coal Pit Brickworks Chemical Works Signal Box Bathgate Chemical Works Bathgate Truck Factory Iron and Gas Coal Pit Boghead Junction Boghead Works Iron and Coal Pit |
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