Bathgate railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Bathgate
code = BHG

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manager = First ScotRail
locale = Bathgate
borough = West Lothian
usage0405 = 0.627
usage0506 = 0.645
usage0607 = 0.651
platforms = 1
original = Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
pregroup = North British Railway
postgroup = LNER
years = 12 November 1849
events = Opened
years1 = ???
events1 = Closed
years2 = March 1986
events2 = Re-opened

Bathgate railway station is a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Bathgate Line. The station is 30 km (18½ miles) west of Edinburgh.

History

Future developments

In 2005, the Scottish Executive declared that in line with plans to upgrade the unfinished part of the A8 to motorway standard, public transport links between Glasgow and Edinburgh must also improve. The closed section of line between Drumgelloch and Bathgate will be rebuilt as a double tracked electrified railway and has been termed the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. This will result in the closure of this station to be replaced by a new station to the south east close to the former junction of the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway and Edinburgh and Coatbridge Railway. It will connect with the North Clyde Line at Drumgelloch and open up a fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

ervice

There is a half-hourly service from Bathgate to Edinburgh Monday to Saturdays with an hourly service on Sundays.

rail line
next = Livingston North
previous =
route = First ScotRail

Edinburgh–Bathgate line
col = FF80C0rail line
next = Livingston
previous =
route = Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway

North British Railway
col = NBR colour
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ources

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* Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link
* [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Edinburgh_and_Bathgate_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway]
* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Bathgate_and_Coatbridge_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway]