Blackridge railway station
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![]() Blackridge station, looking west towards Caldercruix | |
Location | Blackridge, West Lothian Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°53′04″N 3°45′01″W / 55.8844°N 3.7502°WCoordinates: 55°53′04″N 3°45′01″W / 55.8844°N 3.7502°W |
Grid reference | NS895667 |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | BKR |
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 as Westcraigs[2] |
9 January 1956 | Closed[2] |
12 December 2010 | Reopened[3] |
Passengers | |
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Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Blackridge railway station is a railway station on the North Clyde Line. It is serves the village of Blackridge, West Lothian, Scotland.
History[]
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The original station in this locale was called Westcraigs built by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway. It was also the site of a junction with the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway. Opened on 11 August 1862,[2] in some timetables the station was called Westcraigs for Harthill.[2]
The station closed on 9 January 1956.
Reopening[]
Blackridge was originally excluded from the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link project, but after a three-year campaign by the local community, funding has been approved by the Scottish Government at a cost of £5 million. Private housing developer Manorlane agreed to fund 40% of the costs. However, it closed and the funding promise expired. West Lothian Council agreed to take on the burden and expects to recoup the cost from additional expansion in the area.[4] The station opened on 12 December 2010 on a new site, some 600 metres closer to Edinburgh than the previous Westcraigs station.[3]
Gallery[]
Platform 2 on the day of opening
Bilingual station sign
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.[5]
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Armadale | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Caldercruix | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Armadale Line and station open |
Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway North British Railway |
Line open; station closed |
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b c d Butt (1995), p. 245
- ^ a b "New £300m Airdrie-Bathgate rail link re-opens". BBC News. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ^ "Blackridge station go-ahead". Modern Railways. Ian Allan Publishings. 65 (723). December 2008.
- ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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.
- RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
- West Craigs station on navigable OS map
- Railway stations in West Lothian
- Former North British Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956
- Railway stations opened by Network Rail
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2010
- Railway stations served by Abellio ScotRail
- Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
- 1862 establishments in Scotland