Armadale railway station, West Lothian

For other places with the same name, see Armadale railway station (disambiguation).
Armadale
Scottish Gaelic: Armadal
Armadale station, looking east towards Bathgate
Location
Place Armadale
Local authority West Lothian
Operations
Number of platforms 2
History
Original company Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
11 August 1862 Opened[1]
8 January 1956 Closed[1]
4 March 2011 Reopened[2]
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Armadale railway station[3] is a railway station serving Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. It is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.

History

The station opened with the line on 11 August 1862.[1] It was opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway which was then absorbed by the North British Railway. Becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, it passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed by the British Transport Commission with the withdrawal of passenger services on 8 January 1956.[1]

Reopening

The station was reopened as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail link was a project created to enable Glasgow and Edinburgh to be linked via a fourth route by reopening the railway between the towns of Airdrie and Bathgate. However, the very severe winter weather of November and December 2010 delayed completion of construction work, and the station was initially served by a replacement bus service. The station was re-opened on 4 March 2011.

It should be noted the new station is sited on the north east side of the roadbridge on the B8084 (Station road) whereas the original station was situated just to the south west of the bridge - the new location being to allow for car park construction and to comply with station curvature requirements (the original station being located on a curve)

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bathgate   First ScotRail

North Clyde Line

   Blackridge
Historical railways
Bathgate (Upper)
Line open; station closed		   Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway

North British Railway

   Westcraigs
Line open; station closed

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 18
  2. ^ "New Station Arrives for Armadale". 4 March 2011. http://www.airdriebathgateraillink.co.uk/news/new_station_arrives_for_armadale. 
  3. ^ http://www.armadale.org.uk/railwaylines.htm
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