Drumshoreland railway station

Drumshoreland
Location
Area	West Lothian
Operations
Original company	Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
12 November 1849	Opened as Broxburn[1]
1 May 1870	Renamed as Drumshoreland[1][2]
18 June 1951	Closed[2]
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Drumshoreland railway station was a railway station in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.

History

Opened in 1849 as Broxburn, it replaced the station of the same name on the nearby Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.^[1] Subsequently renamed as Drumshoreland in 1870, the station was closed in 1951.^[2]

The station had a small two road goods yard on the south of the line, and 3 chains east of the station a trailing junction joined the up line from Albyn oil works in Broxburn, forming a branch to that site. 9 chains north of the mainline (between Broxburn and the M8 motorway) a line branched west and crossed the mainline near to the hamlet of Cawburn. The line passed behind the cottages and connected to the Camps Branch. A further trailing junction connected this spur to the main up line. Further east, between Drumshoreland and Bathgate (Newbridge) junction, a branch left the up line and headed north east, passing under the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway to serve Newliston shale mine (just south of Kirkliston). The course of these lines can be seen on sheet 73 within this link [1] (Ordnance Survey Maps One-inch "Popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930) on the National Library of Scotland digital library (Maps)[2]

Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Uphall Line and Station open		North British Railway Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway		Ratho Line open; Station closed

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt (1995), page 47
2. ^ ^{a b c} Butt (1995), page 83

Sources

• 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 Bathgate Railway
• RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

Coordinates: 55°55′15″N 3°27′56″W / 55.92083°N 3.46551°W / 55.92083; -3.46551