Bathgate Lower railway station

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Bathgate Lower
Bathgate Lower Station -- remains - geograph.org.uk - 1770402.jpg
Bathgate Lower railway station in 1962
LocationBathgate, West Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates55°54′16″N 3°38′59″W / 55.904333°N 3.649714°W / 55.904333; -3.649714Coordinates: 55°54′16″N 3°38′59″W / 55.904333°N 3.649714°W / 55.904333; -3.649714
Grid referenceNS969691
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMonkland Railways
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1856Opened as Bathgate[1]
1 August 1865Renamed as Bathgate Lower[1]
1 May 1930Closed[1]

Bathgate Lower railway station was a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on the of the Monkland Railways.

History[]

Bathgate was opened by the Monkland Railways in 1856,[1] and renamed Bathgate Lower on 1 August 1865[1] by the North British Railway at the same time as the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway station of the same name was renamed Bathgate Upper.[1]

The station was closed, along with the other station on the branch - - by the LNER on 1 May 1930.

Bathgate Lower was situated between Easton Road and Cochrane Street in Bathgate. From the station, a branch continued to Balbardie Colliery to the north east of the station, and a further branch to Easton Colliery to the south west of the station. The main branch continued 4 miles and 6 chains west from Bathgate Lower to Blackston Jct, where it joined the Slamannan Railway

Services[]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station

Line and station closed 		  North British Railway
Bathgate Branch of Monkland Railways
   Bathgate Upper
Line and station closed

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Butt (1995), p. 29

Sources[]

  • 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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • RAILSCOT on Bathgate Branch of Monkland Railways
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