Bathgate (1986) railway station
| Bathgate | |
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Bathgate station in 2010
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| Location | |
| Place | Bathgate |
| Area | West Lothian |
| Coordinates | 55°53′57″N 3°38′26″W / 55.8993°N 3.6405°WCoordinates: 55°53′57″N 3°38′26″W / 55.8993°N 3.6405°W |
| Grid reference | NS974685 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | British Rail |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.627 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.645 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.651 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.650 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.658 million |
| History | |
| 24 March 1986 | Opened |
| 16 October 2010 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bathgate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Bathgate railway station was a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located at the western end of the Edinburgh-Bathgate Line. The station was 18½ miles (30 km) west of Edinburgh.
The station was opened in 1986 to serve the town of Bathgate when the rail service from Edinburgh was re-introduced by British Rail. Next to the station was Bathgate goods yard. The yard was used to store and unload freight trains carrying new cars. This yard was located to the south of the present station. The goods yard - later the Bathgate car terminal - was moved slightly east in 1996 as the original site of the yard was occupied by various retail outlets. The 1986 station was sited on the location of the original Bathgate station, which became the town's goods station when Bathgate Upper opened (see link to OS 25-inch 1854 map).
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 the 1989 Drumgelloch station and Bathgate would be rebuilt as a double tracked electrified railway, termed the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link.
This resulted in the closure of this station to be replaced by a new station to the south east on the former Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.
On 16 October 2010, the station was closed at the end of the day's service, with the new Bathgate station opening on Monday 18 October.
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