Armadale

Scottish Gaelic: Armadal[1]
Armadale station, looking east towards Bathgate
General information
LocationArmadale, West Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates55°53′11″N 3°41′35″W / 55.8864°N 3.6931°W / 55.8864; -3.6931
Grid referenceNS938670
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeARM
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyBathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
11 August 1862Opened[2]
9 January 1956Closed[2]
4 March 2011Reopened and resited[3]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.260 million
2019/20Decrease 0.252 million
2020/21Decrease 35,928
2021/22Increase 0.134 million
2022/23Increase 0.173 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Armadale railway station[4] is a railway station serving Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. It is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.

History

The first station opened with the line on 11 August 1862.[2] It was opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway which was then absorbed by the North British Railway. Becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, it passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed by the British Transport Commission with the withdrawal of passenger services on 9 January 1956.[2]

Reopening

The station was reopened as part of the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link,[5] a project created to enable Glasgow and Edinburgh to be linked via a fourth route by reopening the railway between Airdrie and Bathgate. The very severe winter weather of November and December 2010 delayed completion of construction work, and the station was initially served by a replacement bus service. The station was reopened on 4 March 2011.[3]

The new station is sited on the northeast side of the road bridge on the B8084 (Station Road), whereas the original station was situated just to the southwest of the bridge - the new location being to allow for car park construction and to comply with station curvature requirements (the original station was on a curve).

Services

The station has a basic half-hourly off-peak service Mondays to Sundays, westbound to Airdrie, Queen St Low Level and Milngavie and eastbound to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings and on Sundays the westbound terminus is Helensburgh Central rather than Milngavie.[6]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bathgate   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
   Blackridge
  Historical railways  
Bathgate (Upper)
Line open; station closed 		  Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
North British Railway
   Westcraigs
Line open; station closed

References

Notes

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b c d Butt 1995, p. 18.
  3. ^ a b "New Station Arrives for Armadale". 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Railway Lines in the Armadale Area". 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Airdrie-Bathgate rail link". Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  6. ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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