Kirknewton
Location type
StationNames and dates
Midcalder (1848-1982)Kirknewton (1982-)
Station code: KKN National Rail ScotRail
Where: West Lothian, Scotland
Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Open on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts.
Description
This is a two platform station to the immediate east of a level crossing. The main station building is on the eastbound platform. There is a small car park.
The two storey station building, by William Tite, is of a Caledonian Railway style but includes unusual ball shaped finials at the top of the crow stepped gables.
There was a goods yard to the north of the station, approached from the east.
There was a signal box, Midcalder Station, on the north side of the line just east of the crossing and at the west end of the eastbound platform.
The station is a mile east of Midcalder Junction.
Camps Junction, for the short branch to Camps Quarry and Camps Lime Works, was just to the east of the station.
Some passenger trains from Edinburgh Princes Street to Balerno (to the east) along the Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway) (really a loop) continued to Midcalder to terminate.
The goods yard has been removed (prior to the box closure in 1967) but the station is still open. The rather fine station building still stands and is now a house.
The station is just west of Kirknewton. This village was considerably smaller when the railway opened and has expanded towards the station.
There is no station footbridge (there was in the past), passengers must cross by the nearby level crossing. Network Rail has identified this the third most dangerous crossing in Scotland. It may be replaced by a tunnel. Scotsman
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
Facilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Ravelrig Platform Drumshoreland Livingston South Uphall Ratho Ratho (Low Level) Newpark Balerno Dechmont [1st] Broxburn [1st] Livingston North Livingston Mill Dechmont [2nd] Curriehill Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram] | Camps Brick Works Camps Quarry East Camps Quarry Camps Supply Depot Camps Goods Raw Camps Quarry Raw Camps Mine Camps Lime Works Camps Junction [CR] East Calder Goods Midcalder Junction Camps Viaduct Oakbank Mine Kaimes Quarry Tourist/other Oakbank Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /12/2001 | Caledonian Railway West Lothian Council proposes rebuilding Kirknewton as an interchange. |
| 17/02/2004 | Caledonian Railway Motorist killed after car struck by train on Kirknewton level crossing. |
