Philpstoun railway station

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Philpstoun
LocationPhilpstoun, West Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates55°58′38″N 3°30′58″W / 55.9773°N 3.5161°W / 55.9773; -3.5161Coordinates: 55°58′38″N 3°30′58″W / 55.9773°N 3.5161°W / 55.9773; -3.5161
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
21 February 1842Opened[1]
18 June 1951Closed[1]

Philpstoun railway station was a railway station in the village of Philpstoun, to the east of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

History[]

Philpstoun station was opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 21 February 1842.[1] It was closed on 18 June 1951 [1] by British Railways.

The area around Philpstoun, in common with others in West Lothian, was an extremely busy centre for shale mining and petroleum manufacturing for almost a century, and this was reflected in the railways around Philpstoun. The station itself was situated in a deep cutting, and had two platforms. Immediately to the west, a facing junction, with crossovers and a looping facilities connected to a set of exchange sidings at Westfield, and these ran into Philpstoun No 1 shale mine. Extensive sidings connected within the facility, and a short branch ran just west of the (still extant) shale bings, crossing the canal, and continuing past Easter Pardovan in a southerly direction to serve a shale pit at Ochiltree (just north west of Threemiletown). A tramway ran in the same direction on the eastern flank of the bings. A trailing siding left the main up line near Pardovan, this was known as Pardovan siding and originally served a quarry.

Further west, a line branched from the down main via a trailing junction and ran adjacent to the mainline for some 500 yards before swinging south west, passing Champfleurie, before swinging south to serve oil works and a shale mine between Bridgend and Wester Ochiltree.

The course of these lines can be seen on Sheet 32 (Ordnance Survey Maps One-inch "Third" edition, Scotland, 1903–1912)[2] on the National Library of Scotland digital library (Maps).[3]

Services[]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Winchburgh
Line open; station closed 		  North British Railway
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
   Linlithgow
Line and Station open
Dalmeny
Line and Station open 		  North British Railway
Forth Bridge connecting lines
  

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), p. 185
  2. ^ Sheet32 (Ordnance Survey Maps One-inch "Third" edition, Scotland, 1903-1912)
  3. ^ National Library of Scotland digital library Archived 15 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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.
  • North British Railway 1896 Western, Monkland and West Highland working timetable
  • RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
  • Philpstoun station on navigable OS map
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