Livingston North railway station
Livingston North 
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Platform 1, looking towards Edinburgh in 2011
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| Location | |
| Place | Livingston |
| Local authority | West Lothian |
| Coordinates | 55°54′06″N 3°32′37″W / 55.9016°N 3.5435°WCoordinates: 55°54′06″N 3°32′37″W / 55.9016°N 3.5435°W |
| Grid reference | NT036686 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LSN |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.825 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.924 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.030 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.125 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.155 million |
| History | |
| Original company | British Rail |
| 24 March 1986 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Livingston North from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Livingston North railway station is one of two railway stations serving the new town of Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Bathgate Line 15½ miles (25 km) west of Edinburgh and situated in the Carmondean area of Livingston. The other railway station in the town is Livingston South on the Shotts Line.
Livingston North station opened on 24 March 1986, concurrent with the re-introduction of passenger services under British Rail on the Edinburgh to Bathgate Line. This station is situated a quarter of a mile east of the original Livingston station. As the line between Cawburn Junction and Bathgate had been singled, the stations at Livingston North and Uphall only required to have single platforms. The platform at Livingston North was built on the solum of the former Up (towards Edinburgh) line due to the station site being in a cutting and the need to provide ramped access (via a 'switchback' path) to it in addition to stepped access. When the station was built, the area immediately south of the line was undeveloped, this being the main reason that the platform was constructed on the north (up) side of the line.
Following route modernisation, re-establishment of double track, new platform for westbound trains and electrification, there are fairly large parking areas to the north and south of the station. As the station has been constructed without a footbridge, access between platforms and parking areas is by way of lengthy disabled ramps and a road bridge.
From opening in March 1986 until December 2010, train services were operated by diesel multiple units, initially Class 101s. From 1987, services were formed of Class 150 units but by 2008, Class 158 and/or Class 170s were used. From December 2010, following electrification, services have been formed of Class 334 electric multiple units.
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