Bathgate Upper railway station

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Bathgate Upper
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Bathgate Upper railway station in 1962
General information
Location Bathgate, West Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates 55°53′54″N3°38′31″W / 55.89833°N 3.64200°W / 55.89833; -3.64200 Coordinates: 55°53′54″N3°38′31″W / 55.89833°N 3.64200°W / 55.89833; -3.64200
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
12 November 1849Opened as Bathgate [1]
1 August 1865Renamed as Bathgate Upper [1]
9 January 1956Closed [1]

Bathgate Upper railway station was a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway.

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History

Bathgate was opened by the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway on 12 November 1849, [1] being renamed Bathgate Upper on 1 August 1865 [1] by the North British Railway at the same time as the Monkland Railways station of the same name was renamed Bathgate Lower. [1]

The station lay on a curve immediately next to Bathgate West Junction, approximately 300 yards north west of the western end of the current station. A loop line existed behind the down platform, and from this line a branch ran to Mosside and Riddochhill collieries. Continuing through the station, a line branched off to the right to the Bathgate branch of the Monkland Railways. (This was known as the Blackston Branch in North British documentation). Slightly further west was a triangular junction. The line passed Boghead Colliery. 28 chains (slightly over a quarter of a mile) from Upper Station lay Polkemmet Junction. From here, the line continued west as the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, while the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway headed due south.

The station was closed on 9 January 1956. [1]

The railway route through the station was re-opened in 2011 as part of the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link, but the station itself has not been re-opened.

Services

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Armadale
Line and station open
  North British Railway
Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
  Livingston
Line open; Station closed
Whitburn
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway
 connection to
WM&CR
Bathgate Lower
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
Bathgate Branch of Monkland Railways
 connection to
Bathgate Branch of MR

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Butt (1995), p. 29

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