Linlithgow railway station is a railway station serving the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, and is also served by ScotRail services from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunblane.
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| Location | Linlithgow, West Lothian Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°58′35″N 3°35′45″W / 55.9764°N 3.5957°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NT005770 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | LIN | ||||
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| Original company | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 21 February 1842 | Opened[2] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  1.131 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.120 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.519 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.798 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.990 million | ||||
Listed Building – Category C(S) | |||||
| Designated | 16 March 1992 | ||||
| Reference no. | LB37472[3] | ||||
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History
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Linlithgow station was opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 21 February 1842.[2] It once featured an east-facing bay platform and a small goods yard, where the carpark is today. The station also had a railway hotel, the Star and Garter, which was involved in a devastating fire in October 2010.[4]
Photographs of the station taken in 1845 are believed to be the oldest photographic images of a railway subject anywhere in the world.[5]
The building is Category C listed by Historic Scotland due to it being one of the only two surviving stations (with Croy) of the original Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.[3]
Services
editThe station is served by trains on the main Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk High main line, and the Edinburgh - Stirling - Dunblane route, with half-hourly calls each way on all routes daily (trains run hourly beyond Stirling to Dunblane on Sundays). A limited number of Sunday services start or terminate at Perth, running via Stirling and Gleneagles.[6]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Haymarket | ScotRail to Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk line |
Polmont | ||
| Edinburgh Park | ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunblane Line |
Polmont | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Philpstoun Line open, station closed |
North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
Manuel High Level Line open, station closed | ||
Electrification
editAs part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, the line through the station has been electrified and the platforms extended.[7]
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References
edit- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 143
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "LINLITHGOW RAILWAY STATION (LB37472)". Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Flames engulf historic town hotel". BBC News. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Table 226, 228 & 230 National Rail timetable, December 2018
- ^ "EGIP - Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme". www.egip.info. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
Sources
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- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
- Linlithgow station on navigable OS map
External links
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