Boghead to Cowdenhead Branch (Monkland Railways)

Introduction

This branch extended the Boghead branch west to Cowdenhead (now Armadale station).





Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This was the first junction west of Bathgate Polkemmet Junction.
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Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways)
Looking west towards Armadale on 11 June 2010 with the down line now installed. ...
James Young 11/06/2010
66143 heads toward Armadale with ballast on the evening of 21 June 2010 ...
James Young 21/06/2010
Looking East towards Bathgate on 11 June 2010 with the down line now in place. ...
James Young 11/06/2010
Tracklaying underway between Bathgate and Armadale on 9 June 2010. ...
James Young 09/06/2010
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This was the junction for the Armadale Branch (Monkland Railways). It was east of Armadale station.
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After rounding the sweeping curve from Bathgate, an Edinburgh Waverley - Helenburgh Central train slows for the Armadale stop. View east on 15 May ...
John Furnevel 15/05/2015
The 1023 Edinburgh - Helensburgh service approaching the Armadale stop on 15 May 2015. The town of Bathgate occupies most of the background. ...
John Furnevel 15/05/2015
Looking west towards Armadale from the A801 as work progresses on the missing link. Signalling infrastructure is also starting to appear here. ...
James Young 04/04/2010
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This is a two platform station with a large car park on the north side.
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A mid-morning service for Helensburgh Central calls at Armadale in the spring of 2011, formed by a class 334 EMU 6-car combination in SPT livery. ...
John Furnevel 07/03/2011
Armadale on Skye may be prettier but at least its humdrum West Lothian namesake has a station. The station is (and always was) some distance from the ...
David Panton 18/06/2019
So good they named in twice; Armadale's less than vital Gaelic translation. Less cynically, Armadale probably has more claims to the Gaelic treatment ...
David Panton 28/06/2018
A reddening customer eyes the approaching Edinburgh service on a hot 28th June 2018. ...
David Panton 28/06/2018
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This station was located to the west of the overbridge. The line was original single track. To the east of the bridge was a passing loop on the line when it first opened. The present Armadale station has opened on the site of the loop.
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New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)
The 14.11 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley slows for the Armadale stop on 23 September 2013, passing another new housing development. ...
John Furnevel 23/09/2013
Looking west towards the former station site at Armadale. ...
Ewan Crawford 17/02/2010
Armadale looking west. The station and buildings were over by the modern shed. ...
Ewan Crawford 18/02/2006
Looking west over the site of the former Armadale station. The trackbed here was landscaped quite a bit here after closure of the line so I can ...
Ewan Crawford 26/09/2009
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