Bathgate Lower railway station

Bathgate Lower
Bathgate Lower
	The Site Bathgate Lower railway station in 1962
General information
Location	Bathgate, West Lothian ; Scotland
Coordinates	55°54′16″N3°38′59″W / 55.904333°N 3.649714°W
Grid reference	NS969691
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Monkland Railways
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1856	Opened as Bathgate
1 August 1865	Renamed as Bathgate Lower
1 May 1930	Closed

Last updated November 06, 2023

Bathgate Lower railway station was a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on the Bathgate Branch 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] It originally had no connection to Bathgate Upper.

It was built as a 2 platform station with a level crossing at the bottom of the station site although in 1904 the northbound platform was removed to provide access to the West Lothian Steel Rolling Mill and shovel works.^[2]

The station was closed, along with the other station on the branch - Westfield (NBR) - 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. The line which run through the station was closed in 1973.

Today nothing remains of the station.

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Westfield (NBR) Line and station closed		North British Railway Bathgate Branch of Monkland Railways		Bathgate Upper Line and station closed

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 Butt (1995), p. 29
↑ Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Bathgate Lower - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2023.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
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.
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[Butt29-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Butt (1995), p. 29

[2] Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Bathgate Lower - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2023.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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