Place Armadale Station code ARM 2011/12 0.126 million Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference NS938670 DfT category F2 2012/13 0.141 million | |
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Address Armadale, Bathgate EH48 3LJ, United Kingdom Original company Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway Similar Blackridge railway station, Bathgate railway station, Bathgate (Upper) railway st, Carntyne railway station, Uphall railway station | ||
Armadale railway station is a railway station serving Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. It is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.
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History
The 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 8 January 1956.
Reopening
The station was reopened as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail link was a project created to enable Glasgow and Edinburgh to be linked via a fourth route by reopening the railway between the towns of Airdrie and Bathgate. However, 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.
It should be noted the new station is sited on the north east side of the roadbridge on the B8084 (Station road) whereas the original station was situated just to the south west of the bridge - the new location being to allow for car park construction and to comply with station curvature requirements (the original station being located on a curve).
Services
The station has a basic half-hourly off-peak service Mondays to Sundays, westbound to Airdrie, Queen St L.L & Milngavie and eastbound to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings and on Sundays the westbound terminus is Helensburgh Central rather than Milngavie.