Armadale railway station (Scotland)

Armadale Scottish Gaelic: Armadal[1]
Armadale station, looking east towards Bathgate
Location	Armadale, West Lothian Scotland
Coordinates	55°53′11″N 3°41′35″W / 55.8864°N 3.6931°W / 55.8864; -3.6931Coordinates: 55°53′11″N 3°41′35″W / 55.8864°N 3.6931°W / 55.8864; -3.6931
Grid reference	NS938670
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ARM
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
11 August 1862	Opened[2]
9 January 1956	Closed[2]
4 March 2011	Reopened and resited[3]
Passengers
2016/17	0.239 million
2017/18	0.250 million
2018/19	0.260 million
2019/20	0.252 million
2020/21	35,928
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Armadale railway station^[4] is a railway station serving Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. It is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.

History[]

The first station opened with the line on 11 August 1862.^[2] It was opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway which was then absorbed by the North British Railway. Becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, it passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed by the British Transport Commission with the withdrawal of passenger services on 9 January 1956.^[2]

Reopening[]

The station was reopened as part of the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link,^[5] a project created to enable Glasgow and Edinburgh to be linked via a fourth route by reopening the railway between Airdrie and Bathgate. The very severe winter weather of November and December 2010 delayed completion of construction work, and the station was initially served by a replacement bus service. The station was reopened on 4 March 2011.^[3]

The new station is sited on the northeast side of the road bridge on the B8084 (Station Road), whereas the original station was situated just to the southwest of the bridge - the new location being to allow for car park construction and to comply with station curvature requirements (the original station was on a curve).

Services[]

The station has a basic half-hourly off-peak service Mondays to Sundays, westbound to Airdrie, Queen St Low Level and Milngavie and eastbound to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings and on Sundays the westbound terminus is Helensburgh Central rather than Milngavie.^[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bathgate		Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line		Blackridge
	Historical railways
Bathgate (Upper) Line open; station closed		Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway North British Railway		Westcraigs Line open; station closed

References[]

Notes[]

Sources[]

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• "Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway". RAILSCOT. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007.
• "Armadale station". New Popular Edition Maps.
• "(home)". Disused stations.

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