Fauldhouse railway station
Fauldhouse ![]() | |
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![]() Fauldhouse station in 2019, following electrification | |
Location | Fauldhouse, West Lothian Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°49′21″N 3°43′09″W / 55.8224°N 3.7192°WCoordinates: 55°49′21″N 3°43′09″W / 55.8224°N 3.7192°W |
Grid reference | NS923601 |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | FLD |
History | |
Original company | Cleland and Midcalder Railway |
Key dates | |
9 July 1869[1] | Opened as Fauldhouse for Crofthead |
1 June 1872[1] | Renamed Fauldhouse |
3 March 1952[1] | Renamed Fauldhouse North |
29 March 1986 | Renamed |
Passengers | |
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Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Fauldhouse railway station is a railway station serving Fauldhouse in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 23¼ miles (37 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley towards Glasgow Central.
The station is almost at the halfway point of the Shotts Line between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The station is located on the south-western edge of the village of Fauldhouse.
Services[]
Monday to Saturday, there is generally an hourly service eastbound to Edinburgh Waverley and westbound towards Glasgow Central (less frequently in the late evening). There is also a single train each way to/from Motherwell (from there in the early morning, back in the evening).[2]
There are no ticket collection or purchasing facilities at the station and it is unmanned with limited car parking facilities.
Sundays see a 2-hourly service in both directions to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
See also[]
References[]
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.
External links[]
- Train times and station information for Fauldhouse railway station from National Rail
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- Railway stations in West Lothian
- Railway stations served by Abellio ScotRail
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869
- Former Caledonian Railway stations
- 1869 establishments in Scotland
- Scotland railway station stubs