Kirknewton railway station

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Kirknewton

Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais a' Bhaile Ùir [1]
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Kirknewton Railway Station, Shotts Line. View east from the level crossing.jpg
The station viewed from the level crossing
General information
Location Kirknewton, West Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates 55°53′20″N3°26′00″W / 55.8890°N 3.4332°W / 55.8890; -3.4332
Grid reference NT104671
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeKKN
History
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
15 February 1848Opened as Kirknewton
April 1848Renamed Midcalder and Kirknewton
c. 1855Renamed Midcalder
17 May 1982Renamed Kirknewton
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 50,498

Services

The station is served on Mondays to Saturdays by an hourly ScotRail stopping service between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley. There is a limited Sunday service to Edinburgh and Glasgow of just six trains each way. [6] One service on this route originates at Motherwell in the morning, returning there in the evening. [7]

As this station is on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line; a variety of Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, London North Eastern Railway and TransPennine Express trains pass through without stopping.

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Curriehill   ScotRail
Shotts Line
  Livingston South
Curriehill   ScotRail
Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line
Limited service
  Carstairs
 Historical railways 
Connection at
Midcalder Junction
  Caledonian Railway
Cleland and Midcalder Line
  Newpark
Ravelrig Halt   Caledonian Railway
Main Line
  Harburn

References

Notes

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 159.
  3. Shaw, Donald (1989). The Balerno Branch and the caley in Edinburgh. Oakwood Library. p. 224. ISBN   978-0-85361-366-4.
  4. "Safety plea at level crossing". BBC News. 14 January 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  5. "£6M PLAN WILL END CROSSING DANGER". 31 August 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  6. Table 225 National Rail timetable, December 2012
  7. Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources