Linlithgow railway station
Linlithgow  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Iucha | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Linlithgow |
| Local authority | West Lothian |
| Coordinates | 55°58′35″N 3°35′45″W / 55.9764°N 3.5957°WCoordinates: 55°58′35″N 3°35′45″W / 55.9764°N 3.5957°W |
| Grid reference | NT005770 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LIN |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 1.092 million |
| 2005/06 |
 1.088 million |
| 2006/07 |
 1.121 million |
| 2007/08 |
1.162 million |
| 2008/09 |
1.187 million |
| 2009/10 |
1.173 million |
| 2010/11 |
1.155 million |
| 2011/12 |
1.122 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.139 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.155 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 21 February 1842 | Opened[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Linlithgow from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Linlithgow railway station is a railway station serving the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by Abellio ScotRail services from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunblane, and the daily train between Glasgow Queen Street and the Fife Circle Line.
History
Linlithgow station was opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 21 February 1842.[1] It once featured an east-facing bay platform and a small goods yard, where the carpark is today. The station also had a railway hotel; The Star and Garter Hotel which was involved in a devastating fire in October 2010.
Photographs of the station taken in 1845 are believed to be the oldest photographic images of a railway subject anywhere in the world.[2]
Services
The station is served by trains on both the main Edinburgh to Glasgow main line and the Edinburgh - Stirling - Dunblane routes, with half-hourly calls each way on both routes on Mondays to Saturdays (hourly to Dunblane in the evening). The one return weekday Kirkcaldy to Glasgow commuter service also stops here in each direction.[3]
On Sundays, the Edinburgh - Glasgow service is half hourly and the Dunblane to Edinburgh one is hourly.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polmont | Abellio ScotRail Glasgow - Edinburgh Line |
Haymarket | ||
| Abellio ScotRail to Fife Circle Line |
Dalmeny | |||
| Polmont | Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunblane Line |
Edinburgh Park | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Philpstoun Line open; station closed |
North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
Manuel High Level Line open; station closed | ||
References
Notes
- 1 2 Butt (1995), page 143
- ↑ http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3867&p=0
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Tables 228 & 230
Sources
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Linlithgow railway station. |
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
- Linlithgow station on navigable OS map