Armadale railway station (Scotland)
Armadale railway station[4] is a railway station serving Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. It is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.
 Armadale station, looking east towards Bathgate | |
| General information | |
| Location | Armadale, West Lothian Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.8864°N 3.6931°W |
| Grid reference | NS938670 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | ARM |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 11 August 1862 | Opened[2] |
| 9 January 1956 | Closed[2] |
| 4 March 2011 | Reopened and resited[3] |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 |  0.250 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.260 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.252 million |
| 2020/21 | 35,928 |
| 2021/22 | 0.134 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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 |
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
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt 1995, p. 18.
- "New Station Arrives for Armadale". 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
- "Railway Lines in the Armadale Area". 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- "Airdrie-Bathgate rail link". Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- "Armadale station". New Popular Edition Maps.
- "(home)". Disused stations.