Armadale railway station (Scotland)

Armadale Scottish Gaelic: Armadal
Armadale station, looking east towards Bathgate
General information
Location	Armadale, West Lothian Scotland
Coordinates	55.8864°N 3.6931°W / 55.8864; -3.6931
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
9 January 1956	Closed
4 March 2011	Reopened and resited
Passengers
2019/20	0.252 million
2020/21	35,928
2021/22	0.134 million
2022/23	0.173 million
2023/24	0.213 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Armadale railway station is a railway station serving the town of 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. 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.

Reopening

The station was reopened as part of the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link, 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.

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.

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

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.