Kirknewton railway station

This article is about the open railway station in Scotland. For the closed railway station in England, see Kirknewton (Northumberland) railway station.

Kirknewton Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais a' Bhaile Ùir [1]
Class 156 diesel train at Kirknewton
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
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	KKN
History
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
15 February 1848	Opened as Kirknewton
April 1848	Renamed Midcalder and Kirknewton
c. 1855	Renamed Midcalder
17 May 1982	Renamed Kirknewton
Passengers
2018/19	44,056

Services

As of May 2016 ^[update] 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]

There is a limited service to/from North Berwick each day (except Sundays) and to Ayr via Carstairs, Glasgow Central and Kilwinning. This is operated by a Class 380 EMU. ^{[ citation needed ]}

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			Following station
Curriehill		ScotRail Shotts Line		Livingston South
Curriehill		ScotRail North Berwick Line		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

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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.