Bathgate (Lower) railway station

For other railway stations in Bathgate, Scotland, see Bathgate railway station (disambiguation).

Bathgate (Lower)
265px Bathgate (Lower) railway station in 1962
Location
Place	Bathgate
Area	West Lothian
Coordinates
Operations
Original company	Monkland Railways
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
History
1856	Opened as Bathgate
1 August 1865	Renamed as Bathgate Lower
1 May 1930	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Bathgate (Lower) railway station was a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on the Bathgate Branch of the Monkland Railways.

History

Bathgate was opened by the Monkland Railways in 1856, being renamed as Bathgate Lower on 1 August 1865 by the North British Railway as the same time as the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway station of the same name was renamed as Bathgate Upper.

The station was closed, along with the other station on the branch - Westfield - by the LNER on 1 May 1930.

Bathgate (Lower) was situated between Easton Road and Cochrane Street in Bathgate. From the station, a branch continued to Balbardie Colliery to the north east of the station, and a further branch to Easton Colliery to the south west of the station. The main branch continued 4 miles and 6 chains west from Bathgate (Lower) to Blackston Jct, where it joined the Slamannan Railway

Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Westfield Line and station closed		North British Railway Bathgate Branch of Monkland Railways		Bathgate (Upper) Line and station closed

References

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Bathgate Branch of Monkland Railways