Livingston railway station

Livingston
Livingston
	The site of Livingston station, marked by the overbridge, looking east in July 2007
General information
Location	Livingston, West Lothian ; Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
12 November 1849	Opened as Livingston
December 1875	Renamed as Livingstone
July 1925	Name reverted to Livingston
1 November 1948	Closed

Last updated October 19, 2024

Livingston railway station was a railway station which served the village of Livingston and the community of Livingston Station, both of which were later amalgamated into the new town of Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway. The area close to the station now known as Deans and the old Livingston is now called Livingston Village.

History

The original Livingston station was opened by the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway on 12 November 1849.^[1] Between December 1875 and July 1925 its name was spelt "Livingstone". British Railways closed the station on 1 November 1948.^[1] This station was situated 32 chains west of the present Livingston North station. The station had a single siding on the down line which served its goods yard. 19 chains west of the station, a tramway serving a limeworks crossed under the main railway, and formed an interchange with a set of sidings to transfer the traffic to rail. Also at this location was the West Lothian oil works.

Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bathgate (Upper) Line open; station closed		Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway North British Railway		Uphall Line and station open

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 Butt (1995), page 145

Sources

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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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