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Edinburgh And Bathgate Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Drumshoreland looking north over the former goods yard. The line is still there by the building.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6837.jpg "Drumshoreland")
![Drumshoreland looking east. A line branched off to the left for the shale oil works at Broxburn.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6838.jpg "Drumshoreland")
![Cawburn Junction looking west to Bathgate. From here the passenger line is single track.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6839.jpg "Cawburn Junction")
![Livingston North looking west. Re-doubling the track here will be tricky ...<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6840.jpg "Livingston North")
![Carmondean looking west. The left track is the freight track for car trains and the right track is the passenger line.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6841.jpg "Carmondean Junction")
![Bathgate service enters Uphall. To the left is the M8 and the remains of an shale oilworks beyond.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6843.jpg "Uphall")
![Bathgate Yard looking west. The single track on the right is the passenger line.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6844.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![To the left is the line to the present Bathgate station. To the right is the stub of the line west to Airdrie. Looking east.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6845.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65267 with snowplough fitted stands in the yard alongside Bathgate shed in the 1960s<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/26000/26699.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Bathgate goods depot - 1980s. Note the Cartics in the background.<br><br>[Jim Peebles //]](/images/30000/30415.jpg "Bathgate [1st]")
![J36 no 65345 stands in the yard at Bathgate, thought to be around 1966/67. View is west towards the now demolished North British foundry [see image 24018]. The locomotive was one of the last 2 steam locomotives in Scotland (along with 65288) to be 'officially' withdrawn by BR in June 1967.<br><br>[Andy Carr Collection //]](/images/34000/34471.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Locomotives awaiting disposal in the yard at Bathgate in the sixties, with an unidentified V2 at the head of the line. <br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/44000/44592.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![NB Scott class 4-4-0 no 62439 <I>'Father Ambrose'</I>, awaits its fate in the yard at Bathgate, thought to have been photographed in 1958.<br><br>[K A Gray //1958]](/images/41000/41404.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65346 stands at the end of a line of stored locomotives at Bathgate shed in August 1958.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/08/1958]](/images/32000/32305.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![A forlorn looking 62439 <I>'Father Ambrose'</I>, one of the Scott class 4-4-0s, stands in the yard at Bathgate in August 1958. A long-time resident of 64F, the locomotive was not 'officially' withdrawn from here until October 1959, following which it was cut up at MMS Wishaw some 4 months later.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/08/1958]](/images/36000/36721.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65344 on Bathgate shed, thought to have been taken in 1959.<br><br>[K A Gray //1959]](/images/42000/42855.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Ex-St Margarets Y9 0-4-0ST no 68118 amongst the lines of locomotives stored in Bathgate yard in April 1959.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/26000/26521.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![D34 no 62495 <I>Glen Luss</I> and D30 no 62439 <I>Father Ambrose</I> on the 'stored locomotive' line at Bathgate in April 1959. [See image 36885]<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/35000/35421.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Holmes class J83 0-6-0T no 68478 stands in the withdrawn locomotive sidings at Bathgate in April 1959, with the faded signs of a bygone age showing through the paintwork.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/35000/35712.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Scott class 4-4-0 no 62428 <I>The Talisman</I> stored awaiting disposal in Bathgate yard in April 1959, four months after withdrawal from Hawick shed. 62428 was subsequently cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, in February 1960.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/36000/36094.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Having been withdrawn from Hawick shed at the end of 1958, Scott class 4-4-0 no 62422 <I>Caleb Balderstone</I> languishes in the 'stored' locomotive sidings at Bathgate in April 1959. The locomotive was cut up at MMS, Wishaw, the following February.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/36000/36259.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Reid N15 0-6-2T no 69169 stands on the stored locomotive line at Bathgate on 21 April 1959.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/36000/36733.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Fowler 2F 0-6-0T no 47162 (minus some key components), photographed in the 'stored' sidings at Bathgate in April 1959. The locomotive is recorded as being officially withdrawn from Dalry Road shed, where it had spent its entire post-nationalisation life, some 8 months later at the end of that year.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/37000/37286.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Robinson D11 no 62683 <I>Hobbie Elliott</I> stands on one of the 'stored' locomotive lines in the yard at Bathgate in April 1959. The 4-4-0 had been withdrawn from Haymarket shed approximately 7 months earlier.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/37000/37356.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Another one of the many redundant steam locomotives to have spent time 'stored' in the yard at Bathgate pending disposal. This is 'Scott' class no 62432 <I>Quentin Durward</I>, photographed there in April 1959. The 4-4-0 had been withdrawn from Hawick shed in December 1958 and was eventually cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, in February 1960.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/37000/37384.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Former Haymarket J88 0-6-0T no 68339 photographed in April 1959 in the yard at Bathgate awaiting disposal.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 21/04/1959]](/images/37000/37417.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![N15 0-6-2T no 69163 at Bathgate Upper on 6 May 1961 with a BLS special from Maryhill Central. The locomotive has just run round its train which it is about to take on to Avonbridge. <br><br>[David Stewart 06/05/1961]](/images/46000/46903.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![J37 0-6-0 no 64553 blowing off steam at Bathgate shed shortly before its March 1962 withdrawal from service.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1962]](/images/37000/37513.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Doomed McIntosh 3F no 57550 stands alongside Bathgate shed in November 1963, minus some key components. The locomotive was disposed of via Messrs Arnott Young, Carmyle, some 6 months later.<br><br>[K A Gray 18/11/1963]](/images/31000/31780.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Reid N15 0-6-2T no 69211 standing alongside the 1954 shed at Bathgate (64F) on 18 November 1963. <br><br>[K A Gray 18/11/1963]](/images/32000/32506.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65297 simmering in the yard at 64F Bathgate on 18 November 1963. The sign in the background reads <I>No ashes to be deposited between these sidings.</I><br><br>[K A Gray 18/11/1963]](/images/44000/44066.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Amongst the locomotives awaiting disposal in the yard at Bathgate in November 1963 is A2 60534 <I>Irish Elegance</I>. Withdrawn from St Margarets shed at the end of 1962, the Pacific was cut up at Campbell's of Airdrie in June 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray 18/11/1963]](/images/56000/56296.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![A3 Pacific no 60098 <I>'Spion Kop'</I> awaiting disposal in the yard at Bathgate in November 1963. Officially withdrawn from St Margarets the previous month, the locomotive was eventually cut up at Inverurie Works in February 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray 18/11/1963]](/images/59000/59587.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Amongst the many withdrawn steam locomotives awaiting disposal in the yard at Bathgate on 18 November 1963 is Gresley A3 Pacific no 60099 <I>Call Boy</I>. [See image 26976]<br><br>[K A Gray 18/11/1963]](/images/62000/62435.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![J36 no 65297 and a few friends stand in the siding behind the coaling stage at 64F Bathgate shed. The photograph is thought to have been taken around 1964. [With thanks to Messrs Hutton, Armit, Ferguson, Jeffries and Smith]<br><br>[K A Gray //1964]](/images/38000/38867.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Scene in the stored locomotive sidings at Bathgate in the autumn of 1964, with B1 4-6-0 no 61242 <I>Alexander Reith Gray</I> in the lineup. The B1 had been withdrawn from 64C Dalry Road shed in July that year [see image 28887].<br><br>[K A Gray //1964]](/images/45000/45023.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Withdrawn locomotives in the yard at Bathgate in January 1964. In the background stand Lindsay High School and St Mary's RC High School, both of which have since been demolished. In the centre is class A2 Pacific no 60529 <I>Pearl Diver</I>, withdrawn from St Margarets in December 1962 and disposed of via Campbells of Airdrie in June 1964.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/01/1964]](/images/24000/24733.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Withdrawn steam locomotives awaiting disposal in the sidings along the north side of Bathgate yard in January 1964. View is west with Bathgate shed in the left background and the main Edinburgh road off to the right beyond the locomotives. Nearest the camera is A3 Pacific no 60087 <I>Blenheim</I>, withdrawn from St Margarets in October 1963 and eventually cut up at Arnott Young, Carmyle, in June 1964.<br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/01/1964]](/images/26000/26528.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Looking west along the locomotive <I>holding sidings</I> at Bathgate in January 1964. Bathgate shed stands in the left background while nearest the camera is A2 Pacific no 60537 <I>Bachelor's Button</I> with 60534 <I>Irish Elegance</I> next in line. Both locomotives had been withdrawn from St Margarets at the end of 1962 after just over 14 years service.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/01/1964]](/images/26000/26803.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![J36 no 65224 <I>Mons</I> is one of a number of locomotives in the holding sidings on the north side of Bathgate yard in January 1964, some 8 months after withdrawal by BR. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/01/1964]](/images/27000/27408.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![A trio of B1s stored alongside Bathgate shed in March 1964. Centre stage is no 61356, officially withdrawn from St Margarets some four months after this photograph was taken and cut up at Darlington works the following October.<br><br>[K A Gray /03/1964]](/images/46000/46722.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![B1 4-6-0 no 61345 is in a lineup of 'stored' locomotives on the south side of Bathgate shed on 28 March 1964. 61345 had been withdrawn from St Margarets shed in June 1961 and was eventually cut up in the yard of Messrs Campbell of Airdrie in September 1966. <br><br>[K A Gray 28/03/1964]](/images/36000/36207.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Some 5 months after withdrawal from St Margaret's shed, Gresley A3 60099 <I>Call Boy</I> stands in the yard at Bathgate awaiting its fate. The locomotive was cut up by Messrs Arnott Young, Carmyle, 3 months later. [See image 37003]<br><br>[K A Gray 28/03/1964]](/images/48000/48786.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Following withdrawal from Edinburgh's Dalry Road shed at the end of 1962, McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 57550 spent a period in the yard at Bathgate 'stored awaiting disposal'. The locomotive, seen here minus various components at Bathgate in March 1964, was eventually cut up by Messrs Arnott Young, Carmyle, in June of that year. [See image 28378]<br><br>[K A Gray 28/03/1964]](/images/50000/50058.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Scene in the yard at Bathgate on a gloomy 28 March 1964. By this time many of the locomotives occupying the yard were stored awaiting disposal, including Holmes NB J83 0-6-0T 68477 which had been withdrawn from St Margarets at the end of 1962. In the background in front of the shed J36 and B1 locomotives are in steam.<br><br>[K A Gray 28/03/1964]](/images/50000/50192.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![A2 no 60537 <I>Bachelor's Button</I> stands in the 'locomotives awaiting disposal' sidings at Bathgate on 28 March 1964. Withdrawn from St Margarets at the end of 1962 after just over 14 years service, the Pacific was eventually cut up at Messrs Henderson of Airdrie in June 1964. For a view of the locomotive in its heyday [see image 30174].<br><br>[K A Gray 28/03/1964]](/images/53000/53112.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![One of the many withdrawn steam locomotives to pass through Bathgate Yard while awaiting disposal was A3 60101 <I>Cicero</I>, photographed here in the spring of 1964. Withdrawn from St Margarets in April 1963, the Pacific was eventually cut up by Arnott Young at Carmyle some 3 months after this photograph was taken.<br><br>[K A Gray 28/03/1964]](/images/55000/55848.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Stored B1 4-6-0 61351 at Bathgate in March 1964. The locomotive would not be officially withdrawn from Dalry Road shed for a further 4 months, before finally being cut up at Darlington Works in September the same year.<br><br>[K A Gray 28/03/1964]](/images/57000/57761.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![NBR 256 <I>Glen Douglas</I> with <I>Scottish Rambler no 3</I> during a photostop at Drumshoreland station on 30 March 1964. Originally opened as Broxburn in 1849 the name change occurred in 1870. The station, which closed to passengers in 1951, was located in the shale mining centre of West Lothian, signs of which can be seen on both sides of the picture. <br><br>[John Robin 30/03/1964]](/images/48000/48812.jpg "Drumshoreland")
![One of Eastfield shed's snowplough-fitted BR Standard class 5 4-6-0s, no 73108, about to run east through Bathgate Junction with an Edinburgh bound train on 30 March 1964. The background is provided courtesy of the West Lothian shale industry. Note the ex-LNER articulated coaches. (The wandering photographers had made a temporary escape from <I>Scottish Rambler No 3</I> during a photostop.)<br><br>[John Robin 30/03/1964]](/images/50000/50327.jpg "Bathgate Junction")
![B1s stored at Bathgate awaiting disposal on 23 August 1964. Nearest is 61219, withdrawn from St Margarets earlier in the month. Standing behind is 61242 <I>Alexander Reith Gray</I>, a July withdrawal from Dalry Road shed. <br><br>[K A Gray 23/08/1964]](/images/50000/50608.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![A train of new cars and lorries trundles past Uphall signal box on 23 February 1965, dwarfed by the local shale bing.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 23/02/1965]](/images/28000/28558.jpg "Uphall")
![The brave new world of Livingston new town makes for a strange contrast with a traditional North British Railway building at the former Livingston station (closed 1948), seen here on 23rd February 1965.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 23/02/1965]](/images/34000/34270.jpg "Livingston [1st]")
![A pair of Holmes J36 0-6-0s, nos 65282 and 65267 on shed at Bathgate in April 1965. At least 4 of these locomotives, introduced by the North British Railway in 1898, were still in service in 1967, making them one of the last operational pre-grouping designs on BR. <br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 16/04/1965]](/images/22000/22352.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Bathgate shed hosts a pair of J36 0-6-0s, nos 65267 (left) and 65282 on 16 April 1965. The locomotive on the right is 76104. View north across the running lines. [See image 25412] <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 16/04/1965]](/images/22000/22760.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Looking across the running lines at a lineup of locomotives standing outside Bathgate MPD in April 1965, with snowplough-fitted Holmes J36 0-6-0 no 65267 to the fore. 76104 and 65282 stand in the background. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 16/04/1965]](/images/23000/23050.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Standard class 4 no 76104 stands alongside J36 no 65282 in the shed yard at Bathgate in April 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray 16/04/1965]](/images/31000/31986.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65267 stands in front of the shed at Bathgate in 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray 16/04/1965]](/images/32000/32641.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![J36 0-6-0s nos 65267 and 65282 stand in the shed yard at Bathgate in April 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray 16/04/1965]](/images/33000/33504.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![J36 0-6-0 65297 at Bathgate shed in August 1965.<br><br>[G W Robin 28/08/1965]](/images/21000/21290.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Class J36 no 65345 on shed at Bathgate on 19 October 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray 19/10/1965]](/images/39000/39551.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65345 enjoying the sunshine in the yard at Bathgate in the summer of 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray //1966]](/images/45000/45852.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![A wet Saturday at Bathgate in February 1966. B1 4-6-0 no 61099 stands in the yard alongside Bathgate shed.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/02/1966]](/images/35000/35677.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![B1 61099 stands in the yard alongside Bathgate shed in fading light on a February afternoon in 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/02/1966]](/images/35000/35765.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65282 stands on Bathgate shed following a shower of rain on 5 February 1966 The locomotive had been officially withdrawal by BR the previous month.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/02/1966]](/images/43000/43755.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 no 78052 stands alongside Bathgate shed in February 1966. Built at Darlington Works in November 1955, the locomotive had been withdrawn by BR the previous month and was cut up at MMC Wishaw two months later.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/02/1966]](/images/46000/46280.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Standing in the yard at Bathgate in February 1966 is BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 76105. The locomotive had been withdrawn from Polmadie during January that year and by the end of April would be cut up in the yard of Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw. Built at Doncaster in July 1957, the locomotive had an operational life of just eight and a half years. <br><br>[K A Gray 05/02/1966]](/images/62000/62702.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![J36 no 65319, complete with snowplough, takes on water outside Bathgate shed on 5 March 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/03/1966]](/images/29000/29430.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![View west at Bathgate MPD in March 1966, with B1 no 61307 and J36 no 65319 amongst the locomotives on shed. Bathgate Central signal box stands in the left background. <br><br>[K A Gray 05/03/1966]](/images/29000/29470.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![A car train photographed at the west end of Bathgate station, thought to have been taken in 1969. The train is probably the 4S42 ex-Dagenham, on this occasion conveying Mk 2 Ford Cortinas, the favoured choice of many a notable railway photographer of the period [see image 29963]. <br><br>[Jim Peebles //1969]](/images/30000/30429.jpg "Bathgate Upper")
![Aftermath of the derailment of a westbound freight in Bathgate Yard in 1970.<br><br>[Jim Peebles //1970]](/images/30000/30200.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![An EE Type 4 stands at Bathgate in 1970 at the head of a car train.<br><br>[Jim Peebles //1970]](/images/30000/30747.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![The abandoned 64F Bathgate shed, by then trackless, seen in February 1970, three and a half years after official closure. The old shed was sold off by BR shortly afterwards and continued in use for another 40 years or so, initially as a garage and latterly as a building maintenance company. The structure was eventually demolished in September 2009 as part of a major redevelopment of the area in connection with construction of the new Bathgate station [see image 25412].<br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson /02/1970]](/images/28000/28817.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Bathgate Central signal box seen from the northeast in February 1970. Bathgate Upper station stands in the background, having closed to passengers in January 1956. <br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson /02/1970]](/images/29000/29182.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![Looking east towards Edinburgh past Bathgate Central signal box in February 1970.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson /02/1970]](/images/29000/29273.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![The light was very poor on the approach to Bathgate (now Newbridge) Junction on Sunday 7 March 1971 necessitating the use of a rather slow shutter speed - which is only too obvious here. The train, a diverted Glasgow Queen Street (Low Level on this occasion) - Edinburgh Waverley service, is about to join the E&G main line eastbound towards Edinburgh. [See image 35524]<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 07/03/1971]](/images/36000/36834.jpg "Bathgate Junction")
![Passing Bathgate Central Box on 7 March 1971 with the disused engine shed visible over to the left. [See image 36936]<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 07/03/1971]](/images/36000/36950.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![Vew from an excursion train passing through Bathgate yard in 1973, some 7 years after official closure of the shed. Three class 20 locomotives are stabled alongside, with much of the associated track having been lifted by this stage.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1973]](/images/35000/35586.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![The closed signal box at what was then Bathgate Junction (now Newbridge) on 14 May 1978. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 14/05/1978]](/images/35000/35524.jpg "Bathgate Junction")
![Interior of Bathgate Central Signalbox circa 1981, shortly before closure and demolition. At this time only two levers were in use for signals. The old track diagram leans against the frame.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1981]](/images/19000/19892.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![20226 with an empty car train in the yard at Bathgate on 26 May 1982. <br><br>[Peter Todd 26/05/1982]](/images/25000/25135.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Scene in the yard at Bathgate on 26 May 1982 with 20226 standing in front of the former 64F locomotive shed. The shed, which had been closed by BR in August 1966, was in use as a garage at this time. <br><br>[Peter Todd 26/05/1982]](/images/25000/25166.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![20104+20007 with a coal train passing through Bathgate on 26 May 1982.<br><br>[Peter Todd 26/05/1982]](/images/49000/49307.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![20226 stands in the yard at Bathgate on 26 May 1982, waiting to take out an empty car transporter train. Bathgate Central signal box is on the right [see image 25135].<br><br>[Peter Todd 26/05/1982]](/images/49000/49335.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![View west from Bathgate Central signalbox in December 1983, with tracklifting in progress. The former through station building is in the left background, beyond the new access road to what would become the car terminal.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 08/12/1983]](/images/39000/39045.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![40135 draws its train of empty cartics past Bathgate Central signal box in December 1983. No track survived on the other side of the signalbox by this time. [See image 39045]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 08/12/1983]](/images/39000/39067.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![The very last coal wagon in Bathgate yard awaits removal after emptying on 8 December 1983.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 08/12/1983]](/images/39000/39110.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![The fourth station at Bathgate, seen under construction in 1985.<br>
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<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1985]](/images/62000/62684.jpg "Bathgate [4th]")
![Pacer 143006 stands at the new Bathgate terminus during an <I>open day</I> held on 23 March 1986, the day before relaunch of the passenger service. Note Cartics in the sidings on the left, an area now occupied by shops. [See image 31158]<br><br>[David Panton 23/03/1986]](/images/16000/16445.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![Deltic D9000 <I>Royal Scots Grey</I> on display at Bathgate on 23 March 1986 as part of the open day held to celebrate the reintroduction of a rail service from Edinburgh.<br><br>[David Panton 23/03/1986]](/images/16000/16471.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![Open day at Bathgate - the day before services resumed. A demonstration of railwelding on 23 March 1986.<br><br>[David Panton 23/03/1986]](/images/24000/24754.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![<I>Maude</I> with a special from Waverley at the then new station at Bathgate during the 'open day' on 23 March 1986, the day before commencement of the reinstated rail service. [See image 16421]<br><br>[Colin Miller 23/03/1986]](/images/33000/33306.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![A general view of exhibits on display in the rain during the open day at Bathgate on 23 March 1986.<br><br>[Colin Miller 23/03/1986]](/images/42000/42399.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![101 364 with a Bathgate train at Livingston North on 24 March 1986, first day of the new service.<br><br>[David Panton 24/03/1986]](/images/18000/18408.jpg "Livingston North")
![Bathgate 23 March 1986 - the day before train services resumed.<br><br>[David Panton 23/3/1986]](/images/16000/16421.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![A view looking to the buffer stops at Bathgate Goods Yard. At this date the yard was used to store and unload freight trains carrying new cars. This yard was located to the south of the 1986 terminus. The line to Airdie had been lifted only a few years before and its trackbed was still in very good shape. This ran off to the left in the foreground. Bathgate Upper station was off to the left. The site of the yard is now occupied by various retail outlets. The station can be seen on the right hand side. The station was fitted with an attractive screen to spare delicate passengers from the view of the goods yard.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/23000/23329.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![Cars and vans unloaded in the sidings which were located next to the Bathgate terminus. This site is now a retail estate. The closed terminus station was to the left and the view looks east.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/51000/51064.jpg "Bathgate [1st]")
![47114+47360 shunt the car sidings at Bathgate on 11 May 1990.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 11/05/1990]](/images/39000/39270.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![47152 climbs away from Drumshoreland with a car train for Bathgate on 23 May 1990. In the background is the Almond Viaduct on the E & G main line.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 23/05/1990]](/images/39000/39280.jpg "Drumshoreland")
![Having just passed the now extinct <i>Cawburn Jct</i> 66245 heads toward the site of Drumshoreland station with the empty <i>Bathgate Cars</i> to Washwood Heath on 13 April 2004<br><br>[James Young 13/04/2004]](/images/23000/23082.jpg "Drumshoreland")
![Platform view at Bathgate in December 2004, looking towards the buffer stops.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/12/2004]](/images/1000/1633.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![APTs at Bathgate! An afternoon train for Newcraighall waits to leave Bathgate terminus on 5 December 2004, with the station's two Automatic Public Toilets standing alongside.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/12/2004]](/images/50000/50910.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![A ScotRail service for Newcraighall waits to leave Bathgate terminus on a December afternoon in 2004. <br><br>[John Furnevel 05/12/2004]](/images/52000/52964.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![A 158 from Edinburgh leaves the original through route at Bathgate in December 2004 and turns onto the short spur leading to the 1986 terminus. In the background is the STVA car compound.<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/12/2004]](/images/2000/2607.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![End of the line - Bathgate in December 2004 with a train from Edinburgh Waverley at the terminus.<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/12/2004]](/images/2000/2614.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![The cramped facilities at Uphall in 2005, with a Bathgate - Newcraighall train at the platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/05/2005]](/images/3000/3850.jpg "Uphall")
![The abandoned Bathgate shed looking west in May 2005. This <i>modern shed</i> (BR code 64F) was opened in 1954 replacing the original which had succumbed to subsidence. In 1955, one year after the new shed opened, Bathgate had an allocation of 36 steam locomotives, of which over half were ex-NB Holmes class J36 0-6-0s.<br><br>[John Furnevel 18/05/2005]](/images/3000/3851.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Entrance to Bathgate shed and yard looking east in May 2005 with the structure having been occupied for some time by a Roofing and Building Maintenance Company (!)<br><br>[John Furnevel 18/05/2005]](/images/3000/3861.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![The former Bathgate shed No 4 road with original doors and track still in place on 18 May 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 18/05/2005]](/images/3000/3876.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![New cycle hoops at Uphall.<br><br>[First ScotRail //2006]](/images/10000/10603.jpg "Uphall")
![A morning Bathgate - Newcraighall train leaving Livingston North in February 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/02/2006]](/images/6000/6855.jpg "Livingston North")
![EWS 60062 shunts part of its load into Bathgate STVA yard on 27 April 2006<br><br>[James Young 27/04/2006]](/images/23000/23718.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![View towards Bathgate over Livingston North station - June 2007. <br><br>[John Furnevel 21/06/2007]](/images/6000/6153.jpg "Livingston North")
![View west from Deans North Road bridge, Livingston, in June 2007. [See image 25933]<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/06/2007]](/images/22000/22783.jpg "Livingston North")
![View west as a Waverley - Bathgate service runs towards its destination on 26 June 2007. On the left is the freight-only line from Carmondean Junction serving the STVA Bathgate Car Terminal.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2007]](/images/15000/15633.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![Originally named Broxburn (until 1870), the closed station at Drumshoreland is seen here looking south east on 26 June 2007. The surrounding area was once the centre of the West Lothian shale oil industry.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2007]](/images/15000/15636.jpg "Drumshoreland")
![A Newcraighall train eastbound shortly after leaving Bathgate on 26 June 2006. The DMU is passing the entrance to a sparsely populated Bathgate Car Terminal.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2007]](/images/15000/15638.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Heading east from Bathgate on 26 June. The line running off to the right is the freight line from the STVA Bathgate Car Terminal.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2007]](/images/15000/15646.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Edinburgh bound service leaving Bathgate on 26 June 2007 showing part of the huge area occupied by the Bathgate car compound.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2007]](/images/15000/15661.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Bathgate - Edinburgh train approaches the site of Bangour Junction on the single line branch in June 2007. <br><br>[James Young 26/06/2007]](/images/23000/23724.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![Approximately a quarter of a mile further on towards Bathgate from Livingston North is the site of the original Livingston station, seen here in July 2007 during renewal of the freight line. The old station began life as Livingston on 12 November 1849, underwent a name change to Livingstone in 1875, then back to Livingston in 1925, with final closure coming in 1948.<br><br>[James Young /07/2007]](/images/20000/20079.jpg "Livingston [1st]")
![The old Bathgate shed on 10 July. The shed carried code 64F from construction in 1954 to closure in 1966. It will eventually make way for the new Bathgate station and car park. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 10/07/2007]](/images/15000/15783.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Looking east at the site of Bangour Junction in August 2007. The overbridge which now carries the A899 over the railway is the location of a signalbox associated with the branch which diverged in a north westerly direction immediately to the east of the overbridge, before it looped back on itself then once again reversed at the village of Dechmont before following a westerly route to it's terminus. A short lived private line, it existed to serve the hospital of the same name. The scrubland to the left contained a set of sidings associated with the branch, and a sizeable headshunt existed extending almost to the overbridge at Nettlehill. Most of the remains of the Bangour branch were obliterated with the A899 and M8 construction in this area.<br><br>[James Young 01/08/2007]](/images/23000/23824.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![Looking west towards Bathgate as a train for Waverley pulls into the cramped station at Livingston North on 10 August 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/08/2007]](/images/16000/16161.jpg "Livingston North")
![Looking west at Livingston North showing the preparatory work required to put another track down.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 16/09/2007]](/images/16000/16778.jpg "Livingston North")
![The freight train now standing at platform 1 is for ... track re-doubling.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 16/09/2007]](/images/16000/16779.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![<I>The Rise of the Machines.</I> View towards Edinburgh on 7 October 2007 from the platform at Livingston North as plant and equipment being used in connection with the doubling of the Bathgate branch advances relentlessly towards the station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/10/2007]](/images/16000/16791.jpg "Livingston North")
![Looking west - with Livingston North station just out of sight around the corner at the west end of the temporary loop installed here in October 2007. In North British days, a siding existed here (on the up side) known as <i>Dechmont</i><br><br>[James Young 12/10/2007]](/images/23000/23826.jpg "Livingston North")
![Looking east toward Bangour Jct in October 2007. The Bangour railway left the E&B near where the rooftops are visible centre left. A temporary loop has been installed to allow ballast trains past the newly slewed up/down single line. Just beyond where the on-track plant is located was the end of a siding known as <i>Dechmont</i> - worked by up trains only.<br><br>[James Young 12/10/2007]](/images/23000/23827.jpg "Livingston North")
![Two class 60 locos wait with their PW trains in Bathgate yard in October 2007<br><br>[James Young 17/10/2007]](/images/28000/28969.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![<I>The next train to Bathgate will be... a bus.</I> Scene in the car park at Livingston North station on Sunday 21 October 2007 during occupation of the line for widening work.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/10/2007]](/images/16000/16951.jpg "Livingston North")
![View east over the approach from Uphall to Livingston North on 21 October 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/10/2007]](/images/16000/16952.jpg "Livingston North")
![Looking east from the platform at Livingston North station towards the bridge carrying Deans North Road on 21 October showing the scale of the widening project at this point.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/10/2007]](/images/16000/16953.jpg "Livingston North")
![A track machine standing on the new second line through Uphall station on 9 October 2007. View east towards Edinburgh.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 9/10/2007]](/images/16000/16843.jpg "Uphall")
![Widening work on the Bathgate branch has almost reached Livingston North station, where a Bathgate - Edinburgh service is seen boarding on 15 November. <br><br>[John Furnevel 15/11/2007]](/images/17000/17160.jpg "Livingston North")
![Waverley - Bathgate service arriving at Uphall on 15 November 2007, with the second track now laid through the station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/11/2007]](/images/17000/17278.jpg "Uphall")
![A Bathgate - Edinburgh service passes widening works near the former Bangour Junction in November 2007.<br><br>[James Young 15/11/2007]](/images/18000/18555.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![Looking west from Cawburn Junction showing the track doubling approaching the point where the track <i>singled</i>.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/01/2008]](/images/17000/17913.jpg "Cawburn Junction")
![View over Livingston North on 28 January showing the extensive work currently taking place on the south side of the station. Meantime, passengers who have just alighted from a Waverley - Bathgate service climb the steps leading to the car park, bus interchange and main entrance on the north side.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/01/2008]](/images/17000/17844.jpg "Livingston North")
![View from the west end of the platform at Livingston North on 28 January 2008 as the 1348 Edinburgh Waverley - Bathgate service prepares to move off on the final leg of its journey. In addition to the extensive activity currently underway in the immediate vicinity of Livingston North station, engineering work has now been extended much further west towards Bathgate. <br><br>[John Furnevel 28/01/2008]](/images/17000/17887.jpg "Livingston North")
![<I>What the..?</I> A passenger off the departing 1448 Waverley - Bathgate train takes in the scene around Livingston North station on 15 February 2008, in apparent disbelief at what has occurred here in the past few days. (I was a bit taken aback myself to be honest...)<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/02/2008]](/images/18000/18044.jpg "Livingston North")
![An Edinburgh - Bathgate service pulls into the platform at Uphall on 15 February 2008 as traffic continues west along the M8. Note the area now pegged around the site of the second platform as well as the work underway beyond in preparation for new infrastructure on the north side of the station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/02/2008]](/images/18000/18068.jpg "Uphall")
![The 14.33 train to Edinburgh Waverley boards at Uphall on 15 February. Note the earth moving equipment at work on new access facilities on the the north side of the line in connection with the doubling of the route. <br><br>[John Furnevel 15/02/2008]](/images/18000/18109.jpg "Uphall")
![A 158 leaves Livingston North on a Bathgate - Waverley service on 15 February 2008.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/02/2008]](/images/18000/18372.jpg "Livingston North")
![The 1255 ex Bathgate approaching the former Bangour Junction on 7 March 2008. The dressing stone on the overbridge in the background is the original, having been sandblasted and refitted. <br><br>[James Young 07/03/2008]](/images/18000/18582.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![The 13.55 Bathgate - Newcraighall service, formed by SWT liveried 158 786, photographed on 11 March shortly after leaving Livingston North.<br><br>[James Young 11/03/2008]](/images/18000/18336.jpg "Livingston North")
![A mid afternoon Edinburgh - Bathgate service, formed by South West Trains liveried 158786, approaching its destination on 11 March 2008, with the STVA car terminal filled to overflowing. Photographed from the soon-to-be-demolished Rennie's Bridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/03/2008]](/images/18000/18357.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![The eastbound 1255 ex-Bathgate seen on 29 March shortly after passing under the doomed Rennies Bridge.<br><br>[James Young 29/03/2008]](/images/18000/18542.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![The current station at Uphall has undergone a number of changes and improvements since opening in 1986. New passenger shelters, a platform extension, CCTV, departure screens, ticket machine...now work is underway on building a second platform, widening the existing platform, increasing the parking facilities.... photograph taken looking east from the car park on 30 March 2008.<br><br>[David Panton 30/03/2008]](/images/20000/20084.jpg "Uphall")
![The area between the station and the M8 motorway at Uphall, including the tree screening, has now been cleared in preparation for a second platform and additional infrastructure. View east on 24 April 2008 as a Bathgate - Waverley service pulls away.<br><br>[John Furnevel /04/2008]](/images/18000/18780.jpg "Uphall")
![Panorama taken on 7 April 2008 showing the extensive excavation and clearance work that has been carried out in the area surrounding Livingston North station as a 158 prepares to leave with a service for Edinburgh. <br><br>[James Young 07/04/2008]](/images/18000/18569.jpg "Livingston North")
![To the left a train enters the Bathgate terminus (which is on roughly the location of the original Bathgate terminus) and to the right the stub of the closed line west to Bathgate Upper, Airdrie and Glasgow. For some odd reason the stub has recently been cut back. But things are going to change ...<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/05/2008]](/images/19000/19019.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![The north side of Uphall station viewed from the footpath which passes under the east end of the station and the M8. The ground is being prepared for a second platform to go with the second track.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/05/2008]](/images/19000/19110.jpg "Uphall")
![The 1355 service to Newcraighall photographed passing a pile of ballast shortly after leaving Bathgate on 13 May. Clearance of trees, delivery of sleepers and two sets of made-up points in the nearby yard provide further clues regarding the proximity of the works team. <br>
<br><br>[James Young 13/05/2008]](/images/8000/8577.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Alphaline liveried 158 service about to run into Bathgate terminus on 13 May 2008. <br><br>[James Young 13/05/2008]](/images/19000/19020.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![158 714 leaves the <I>doomed</I> Bathgate station for Waverley on 17 May 2008.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 17/05/2008]](/images/19000/19073.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![158714 approaches Bathgate on the single passenger line on 7 June. The goods line alongside has recently been renewed in preparation for its forthcoming role as the westbound main line.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 07/06/2008]](/images/19000/19367.jpg "Bathgate STVA aborted siding")
![The 1125 Bathgate - Newcraighall service arriving at Livingston North on 9 June 2008 with track now in place on the new formation.<br><br>[James Young 09/06/2008]](/images/19000/19380.jpg "Livingston North")
![Looking back towards Livingston North on 9 June 2008 with 158714 having just left the station heading for Edinburgh.<br><br>[James Young 09/06/2008]](/images/19000/19387.jpg "Livingston North")
![Gone - and largely forgotten? The old station at Bathgate, which <br>
closed in October 2010, was handier for the town centre (it could hardly have been closer) but it was not well appointed. The new station is a big improvement. 170 453 stands at the old one on 17 June 2008, having just arrived from Edinburgh.<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 17/06/2008]](/images/32000/32131.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![158 708 pulls into Uphall with a Waverley - Bathgate service on 20 June 2008 with the new up line in place and construction work in progress.<br><br>[David Panton 20/06/2008]](/images/21000/21866.jpg "Uphall")
![Progress at Livingston North on 23 June with work underway on construction of the westbound platform. <br><br>[James Young 23/06/2008]](/images/19000/19564.jpg "Livingston North")
![Newcraighall service leaving Bathgate on 23 June 2008 passing various signs of forthcoming engineering works. <br><br>[James Young 23/06/2008]](/images/19000/19573.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Northside site entrance at Uphall station during engineers occupation of the line on Sunday 29 June. Work in preparation for the new platform, access roads, car parking and other infrastructure is underway. A PW train stands in the station behind EWS 66008 and is straddling the rail bridge over the B8046 just off picture to the right. The road below the bridge is single-file here, controlled by traffic lights, and could become a significant bottleneck given current station expansion plans. <br><br>[John Furnevel 29/06/2008]](/images/19000/19648.jpg "Uphall")
![Engineering occupation at Uphall on 29 June 2008. View west with EWS 66008 on a PW train.<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/06/2008]](/images/19000/19656.jpg "Uphall")
![EWS 66008 stands at the west end of Uphall station with a ballast train on Sunday 29 June 2008 in connection with the redoubling of the line and construction of a second platform [see image 19979].<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/06/2008]](/images/42000/42242.jpg "Uphall")
![The 1055 departure from Bathgate on 30 June 2008, with the west end of the Bathgate car compound in the right background. The train has just passed a pile of rubble that is now all that remains of the former Rennies Bridge.<br><br>[James Young 30/06/2008]](/images/19000/19653.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![An Edinburgh bound 158 service passes the former shed yard at Bathgate shortly after leaving the platform at Bathgate station on 31 July 2008. <br><br>[John Furnevel /07/2008]](/images/20000/20129.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Progress at Livingston North on 12 July. View west from the road bridge.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 12/07/2008]](/images/19000/19796.jpg "Livingston North")
![View west towards Bathgate station on 12 July past the remains of Rennies Bridge. The passenger line has been renewed, with the freight line and route into the car compound taken out to allow renewal of the solum pending relaying.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 12/07/2008]](/images/19000/19798.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![View east over the ongoing engineering works at Bathgate on 12 July 2008 with a new facing junction (presumably a link into the yard) having appeared on the right.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 12/07/2008]](/images/19000/19801.jpg "Bathgate STVA aborted siding")
![Progress at Bathgate - view west on Sunday 13 July.<br><br>[James Young 13/07/2008]](/images/19000/19803.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![Sunday evening engineering activity east of Bathgate station on 13 July 2008. On the left is the aborted STVA siding.<br><br>[James Young 13/07/2008]](/images/19000/19805.jpg "Bathgate")
![View towards Bathgate on 14 July 2008 showing the newly installed connection to the car compound of STVA Automotive Logistics Ltd. <br><br>[James Young 14/07/2008]](/images/19000/19810.jpg "Bathgate STVA aborted siding")
![Bathgate update, view west on 15 July 2008.<br><br>[James Young 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19842.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![Looking along the platform towards the buffer stops at Bathgate on Sunday evening 20 July 2008. <br><br>[James Young 20/07/2008]](/images/19000/19905.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![Progress at Bathgate - scene looking west on Sunday 20 July 2008.<br><br>[James Young 20/07/2008]](/images/19000/19906.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![View east over the ongoing works at Bathgate on Sunday evening 20 July 2008.<br><br>[James Young 20/07/2008]](/images/19000/19913.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![View west towards Bathgate on 25 July.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/07/2008]](/images/19000/19977.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![Work on the new platform and related infrastructure underway on the north side of the station at Uphall on 25 July 2008 as an eastbound 158 service arrives.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/07/2008]](/images/19000/19979.jpg "Uphall")
![Looking west from the road bridge at Livingston North over ongoing development work on 25 July as a Bathgate - Newcraighall train prepares to leave. <br><br>[John Furnevel 25/07/2008]](/images/19000/19982.jpg "Livingston North")
![View east towards Edinburgh on 25 July 2008 showing the works currently underway on the new north side platform at Uphall station. Additional car parking facilities will also be constructed between the new platform and the M8. <br><br>[John Furnevel 25/07/2008]](/images/20000/20036.jpg "Uphall")
![A Bathgate - Newcraighall service runs into Livingston North station on 25 July 2008. Photographed from the <I>unofficial path</I> that currently leads from the south side car park up to Deans Road bridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/07/2008]](/images/20000/20037.jpg "Livingston North")
![View west from the road bridge over Livingston North station showing progress on 25 July, with a Bathgate - Newcraighall service at the platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/07/2008]](/images/20000/20104.jpg "Livingston North")
![The 1125 ex-Bathgate runs past what is planned will become part of the new link into the STVA vehicle compound on 30 July 2008.<br><br>[James Young 30/07/2008]](/images/20000/20049.jpg "Bathgate STVA aborted siding")
![A 4-car 158 service to Newcraighall stands at Bathgate on 30 July 2008.<br><br>[David Panton 30/07/2008]](/images/20000/20125.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![A 158 service to Newcraighall just after leaving the platform at Bathgate on 31 July passes the old Bathgate shed (64F) standing in the area between the line and the A89 Edinburgh Road. The shed was opened as a replacement in 1954 (its predecessor having succumbed to subsidence) and was operational for only 12 years. The building is due for demolition in the near future, as it stands on part of the site currently designated for the new Bathgate station and car park.<br><br>[John Furnevel 31/07/2008]](/images/20000/20076.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Looking through the gap between the metal gates into the old Bathgate locomotive shed on 31 July 2008, with track still visible on the left. The old shed had been vacated fairly recently, pending its forthcoming demolition, after many years of use by a building firm following its disposal by British Railways in 1964. I swear I could still detect a slight whiff of that evocative mixture of steam, grease, coal and..... I think I need a holiday... <br><br>[John Furnevel 31/07/2008]](/images/20000/20101.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![170 450 forming the 1225 Bathgate - Newcraighall about to pass under the B792 on 31 July 2008 shortly after leaving Bathgate. The depot on the left is currently occupied by the local council roads department. <br><br>[John Furnevel 31/07/2008]](/images/20000/20141.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![Ongoing work at Livingston North on 14 August 2008 as a 4-car 158 combination pulls out with the 1218 Waverley - Bathgate service.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/08/2008]](/images/20000/20257.jpg "Livingston North")
![Progress at Livingston North on 14 August 2008. View southwest over the station from Deans Road North as a train leaves for Bathgate.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/08/2008]](/images/20000/20261.jpg "Livingston North")
![Scene approaching Bathgate on 14 August 2008. New track and signalling are in place on the existing single operational line, the new westbound line and the line on the left which will serve the light maintenance depot. In the background ballast is being laid through the cleared area created by the demolition of Rennies Bridge towards the east end of the existing STVA compound.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/08/2008]](/images/20000/20265.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![An eastbound service from Bathgate approaching Boghall on 14 August 2008 runs past the site of Bathgate East Junction. A branch turned south at this point, passing under the A7066 road (behind the camera), and running to Seafield Oil Works east of Blackburn. The walkers on the left of the picture are on the trackbed of the former branch which closed in 1955. [See image 20274]<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/08/2008]](/images/20000/20270.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![View west towards Livingston as an Edinburgh - Bathgate service passes the site of the former Bangour Junction on 18 August 2008.<br><br>[James Young 18/08/2008]](/images/20000/20304.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![Shortly after leaving Uphall station (visible in the background) on 18 August, a Waverley - Bathgate 158 service is about to run past the site of Bangour Junction. <br><br>[James Young 18/08/2008]](/images/20000/20308.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![View from the buffer stops at Bathgate as 158705 runs into the terminus at 1320 (according to the station clock) on 19 August 2008 with the 1248 from Waverley. The train will depart 5 minutes later as the 1325 <I>Crossrail</I> service to Newcraighall. The floodlighting tower directly behind the train is part of the STVA Bathgate car terminal.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/08/2008]](/images/20000/20316.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![View east from the B792 Blackburn Road overbridge as a 158 approaches Bathgate on 28 August. The train is about to pass a set of points installed to provide access to the new STVA car terminal, a project that appears to have been <I>put on hold</I> for the time being.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 28/08/2008]](/images/20000/20448.jpg "Bathgate STVA aborted siding")
![158786 arrives at Livingston North on 1 September with the 1055 ex-Bathgate to find much of the new westbound platform has now been removed. The 158, formerly in South West Trains livery, is currently running in unbranded blue.<br><br>[James Young 01/09/2008]](/images/20000/20524.jpg "Livingston North")
![View of Uphall station from the verge above the underpass on the north side of the M8 as a Waverley - Bathgate service arrives on 11 September 2008, alongside ongoing work on the new platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/09/2008]](/images/20000/20658.jpg "Uphall")
![A Waverley - Bathgate train approaching Livingston North on 11 September passes one of the remaining gaps on what is scheduled to become the new westbound line with effect from next month.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/09/2008]](/images/20000/20661.jpg "Livingston North")
![An eastbound 158 leaving the platform at Livingston North on 11 September with the 1255 Bathgate - Newcraighall <I>Crossrail</I> service. Note the major works that have been required in connection with the widening and strengthening of the cutting at this point.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/09/2008]](/images/20000/20687.jpg "Livingston North")
![Edinburgh - Bathgate train approaching Livingston North on 8 October prior to the introduction of double line working.<br><br>[James Young 08/10/2008]](/images/21000/21114.jpg "Livingston North")
![The old single line stops at the site of Bangour Junction in October 2008, just prior to redoubling here.<br><br>[James Young 12/10/2008]](/images/23000/23823.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![<i>No trains today then?</i> Part of the line near Bangour Jct awaits relaying as redoubling nears completion in October 2008.<br><br>[James Young 12/10/2008]](/images/23000/23829.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![EWS 66143 at the buffer stops at Bathgate on 19 October 2008.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/10/2008]](/images/21000/21105.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![<I>The End</I>, Bathgate, 19 October 2008.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/10/2008]](/images/21000/21109.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![An Edinburgh - Bathgate service calls at the new platform 2 at Livingston North on 20 October 2008.<br><br>[James Young 20/10/2008]](/images/21000/21110.jpg "Livingston North")
![The 1148 Edinburgh to Bathgate service formed by an SPT <i> Turbostar </i> crosses from the new down line onto the up line and toward the platform at the current Bathgate station on 22 October. <br><br>[James Young 22/10/2008]](/images/21000/21148.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![The 11.25 Bathgate - Newcraighall pauses at Livingston north on 25 November. The old staircase has been removed as work continues on site.<br><br>[James Young 25/11/2008]](/images/21000/21580.jpg "Livingston North")
![The 11.25 Bathgate - Newcraighall pauses amid scenes of work at Livingston North on 10 December 2008<br><br>[James Young 10/12/2008]](/images/21000/21736.jpg "Livingston North")
![In the gloom of the former Bathgate MPD.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/12/2008]](/images/21000/21908.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Redundant track panels stored outside the redundant Bathgate MPD shed.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/12/2008]](/images/21000/21909.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Advance departure booard on display at Livingston North on 29 January 2009.<br><br>[David Panton 29/01/2009]](/images/19000/19999.jpg "Livingston North")
![Standing on the recently commissioned platform at Uphall station on 29 January looking towards Edinburgh, as 158 735 pulls into the westbound platform with a Bathgate service.<br><br>[David Panton 29/01/2009]](/images/22000/22295.jpg "Uphall")
![Building site with trains. Scene at Livingston North station on 29 January 2009 as 158 739 leaves on a Waverley - Bathgate sevice<br><br>[David Panton 29/01/2009]](/images/22000/22350.jpg "Livingston North")
![While the second platform at Livingston North has been in use for some time, construction work around the station is far from complete. Wide view showing the general surroundings on Saturday afternoon 7 March as a train for Waverley approaches from Bathgate. <br><br>[John Furnevel 07/03/2009]](/images/22000/22757.jpg "Livingston North")
![View west from Deans North Road bridge, Livingston, in March 2009.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/03/2009]](/images/22000/22782.jpg "Livingston North")
![With redoubling and bridge alterations complete, a Bathgate - Waverley service approaches the site of Bangour Jct on 18 March 2009. Electrification is due to arrive soon, marking an end to regular diesel traffic on the line.<br><br>[James Young 18/03/2009]](/images/23000/23723.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![A service from Edinburgh appears to be entering the old shed at Bathgate. Land near the shed has been made into <i>base camp</i> for re-building the Airdrie-Bathgate link and electrification of Edinburgh-Bathgate-Airdrie/Drumgelloch.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/03/2009]](/images/23000/23045.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![The former coal yard at Bathgate is now a compound for contractors working on the reopening of the line to Airdrie. There are a couple of catenary masts erected alongside a panel of track, presumably for testing or training. An Edinburgh-bound 158 passes by on 4 April.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 04/04/2009]](/images/23000/23136.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Trains pass at Livingston North in April 2009<br><br>[James Young 22/04/2009]](/images/24000/24599.jpg "Livingston North")
![<i>DBSO 9701</i>, with a Class 31 locomotive propelling, passes the site of Bangour Junction on 26 May 2009 with a test train to Bathgate. <br><br>[James Young 26/05/2009]](/images/23000/23847.jpg "Bangour Junction")
![31602 and the <i>Radio survey train</i> with DBSO 9701 on the rear approaches Livingston North on 28 May 2009. The train was making a second visit within a week to Bathgate.<br><br>[James Young 28/05/2009]](/images/23000/23876.jpg "Livingston North")
![Looking east toward Bangour Jct from near Livingston North on 13 June 2009. Electrification masts march toward Bathgate.<br><br>[James Young 13/06/2009]](/images/24000/24453.jpg "Livingston North")
![View west from the B792 at Bathgate on 27 June 2009. Fencing to protect the new Bathgate TMD is taking shape with the first of the new sidings associated with the depot on the left.<br><br>[James Young 27/06/2009]](/images/24000/24444.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![View East from the B792 overbridge as electrification masts and Stop boards for shunting moves appear. The overbridge in the distance will shortly be rebuilt for electrification. To the right is the headshunt for the now mothballed <i>STVA yard</i>. <br><br>[James Young 08/07/2009]](/images/24000/24518.jpg "Bathgate STVA aborted siding")
![Sign at the former Bathgate MPD: 'Japanese Knotweed No unauthorised access'. Triffids in development in former Bathgate shed?<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 12/07/2009]](/images/24000/24532.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Some further progress on laying the new Bathgate TMD sidings on 12 July 2009.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 12/07/2009]](/images/24000/24538.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![Electrification masts continue <i>heading west</i> near Livingston North on 15 July 2009. <br><br>[James Young 15/07/2009]](/images/24000/24604.jpg "Livingston North")
![The former Bathgate station on a sunny 7 August 2009, with passengers waiting to board a mid afternoon service to Edinburgh. [See image 38438]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 07/08/2009]](/images/49000/49986.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![A Bathgate-Edinburgh service approaches Livingston North station on 17 August 2009. <br><br>[James Young 17/08/2009]](/images/25000/25074.jpg "Livingston North")
![The 0948 Edinburgh - Bathgate 158 service pulls away from the recently commissioned westbound platform at Livingston North on 28 August 2009. <br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2009]](/images/25000/25228.jpg "Livingston North")
![The 1054 Bathgate - Edinburgh heads east on 28 August 2009. <br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2009]](/images/25000/25238.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![Out with the old... the 1124 Bathgate - Edinburgh train passes the former Bathgate locomotive shed on 28 August 2009. Demolition work on the old shed is well underway.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2009]](/images/25000/25239.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![A last look at 64F on 28 August 2009, with demolition work underway.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2009]](/images/25000/25257.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Photograph taken looking east from the pavement alongside the old Bathgate shed (just off picture to the right) on 28 August 2009. On the left is the A89 Edinburgh Road while over to the right a train has just left the current Bathgate terminus and is running alongside recently erected electrification masts on its way to Waverley. Between the road and the railway is part of the area currently being cleared in preparation for the construction of the new station, car parking, access roads and associated infrastructure. <br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2009]](/images/25000/25296.jpg "Bathgate")
![The new pedestrian approaches to Livingston North station are almost complete as seen in this view looking west on 28 August 2009. I found the scene strangely reminiscent of Robin Barbour's 1959 photograph looking over the livestock pens at Oliver's auction mart in Hawick. [See image 23300] <br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2009]](/images/25000/25336.jpg "Livingston North")
![The 1024 Bathgate - Waverley service, formed by 158732, photographed on 28 August 2009 standing amongst the myriad of miscellaneous metalwork that has appeared around Livingston North station. [See image 22783] <br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2009]](/images/25000/25933.jpg "Livingston North")
![Bathgate no more.... the demolition squad in the process of tearing down the former 64F shed on 11 September 2009. [See image 22760]<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/09/2009]](/images/25000/25412.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![On the inside looking out! A 158 service from Edinburgh turns into the platform line at Bathgate on 11 September 2009 as work continues apace in the background on the Airdrie - Bathgate link (which will eventually lead to the demise of the present single line terminus).<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/09/2009]](/images/26000/26030.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![A Waverley - Bathgate 158 service arrives at its destination on 11 September 2009.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/09/2009]](/images/27000/27197.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![View of the new maintenance sidings from the south. The laid track, overhead lights and platforms can be seen here. [Vertical lines are due to the photograph being taken through a chain link fence.]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/09/2009]](/images/25000/25573.jpg "Bathgate LMD")
![The new train maintenance sidings at Bathgate. The overhead lights are up, the platforms are built and the track is partly laid. [View through a chain-link fence thus the two vertical lines!]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/09/2009]](/images/25000/25606.jpg "Bathgate LMD")
![Bathgate looking over the site of the shed to the new EMU maintenance sidings.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/09/2009]](/images/25000/25608.jpg "Bathgate Shed")
![Bathgate east end on 4 October 2009.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 04/10/2009]](/images/25000/25668.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![With Bathgate shed now <I>disposed of</I> [see image 25412], the whole of the northern area of the former yard has become one large building site with work progressing on access roads, car parking and other infrastructure associated with the new Bathgate station. Part of the site is seen here on an overcast 27 November looking south east from the main road as the 1124 service for Waverley, having just commenced its journey, passes through what looks like (thanks to the recent rain) a mini series of lochs and canals.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/11/2009]](/images/26000/26527.jpg "Bathgate Yard")
![Another good vantage point bites the dust... The 1048 ex-Waverley running under the recently installed electrification supports on the approach to Bathgate on 27 November.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/11/2009]](/images/26000/26535.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![The 1054 ex-Bathgate, formed by Alphaline liveried 158871, runs into the eastbound platform at Livingston North on 27 November with an Edinburgh service. Work on the station appears essentially complete with improvements also noticeable in related areas such as general access and car parking. Electrification masts are now in place here but no wiring as yet.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/11/2009]](/images/26000/26603.jpg "Livingston North")
![Having restarted from Livingston North and passed below Deans Road North bridge, the 1054 Bathgate - Waverley service heads east through the metalwork towards its next stop at Uphall on 27 November.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/11/2009]](/images/26000/26620.jpg "Livingston North")
![The new station footbridge under construction at Bathgate on 20 February. [Railscot note: Located 400m east of the current terminus, the new 2-platform station will include a ticket office (staffed during peaks), footbridge, lifts and stairs. Waiting shelters, ticket machines and call points will be located on each platform. A new access footpath will be constructed from the town centre and parking will be provided for 400 cars.]<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 20/02/2010]](/images/27000/27790.jpg "Bathgate")
![Entrance to the new First ScotRail depot at Bathgate on 14 March 2010. Looking east towards Edinburgh with the main line on the left. The lift towers and footbridge of the under-construction Bathgate station can be seen in in the background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/03/2010]](/images/28000/28101.jpg "Bathgate LMD")
![Work underway on the new Bathgate station on Sunday 14 March 2010. View is south from the A89 Edinburgh Road looking across the north side of the former yard. <br><br>[John Furnevel 14/03/2010]](/images/28000/28104.jpg "Bathgate")
![Looking east through the gate into ScotRail's new Bathgate depot on Sunday morning 14 March 2010. The photograph shows part of the main building, yard and parking area with the cleaning and stabling sidings in the background to the south of the new station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/03/2010]](/images/28000/28107.jpg "Bathgate")
![View east at Bathgate on 3 April 2010 with the station progressing and the First ScotRail depot on the right.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 03/04/2010]](/images/28000/28349.jpg "Bathgate")
![View west at Bathgate on 3 April with signalling equipment now installed.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 03/04/2010]](/images/28000/28350.jpg "Bathgate Upper")
![158 736 on the 17.18 from Edinburgh arrives at the current Bathgate station on 10 April 2010. Work on its replacement continues in the background with the new light maintenance depot standing alongside.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 10/04/2010]](/images/28000/28490.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![Approaching Uphall station from the south, with major work on the rail bridge to the west of the station progressing on Sunday 2 May. The single-file B8046 road north below the bridge is currently being widened with access to the station and car parks accessible only from this side via the road turning off to the right. <br><br>[John Furnevel 02/05/2010]](/images/28000/28761.jpg "Uphall")
![View west at Uphall on 2 May 2010. The strip of land between the new eastbound platform and the M8 motorway has now been cleared and prepared for road access, additional parking etc, while at the far end work continues on widening the bridge over the B8046 Station Road [see image 28761].<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/05/2010]](/images/28000/28762.jpg "Uphall")
![<I>Any old iron?</I> Just part of the incredible amount of metalwork now surrounding Livingston North station. Photographed looking west towards Bathgate on 2 May 2010.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/05/2010]](/images/28000/28767.jpg "Livingston North")
![Progress on the new station and surrounding infrastructure at Bathgate. Seen on 2 May 2010 from Edinburgh Road looking south over the former yard.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/05/2010]](/images/28000/28770.jpg "Bathgate")
![Looking south west from Edinburgh Road across the former yard towards the under construction Bathgate station on 2 May 2010, with work on associated road access, pathways and parking bays well underway.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/05/2010]](/images/28000/28781.jpg "Bathgate")
![View of the new Bathgate station looking south from Edinburgh Road on 30 May 2010. In addition to the station itself there has been significant recent progress on access roads and car parking.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/05/2010]](/images/29000/29156.jpg "Bathgate")
![View west from the A89 Edinburgh Road towards the under-construction Bathgate station on 30 May 2010. Most of the foreground is taken up with a section of the extensive new car park which will provide spaces for approximately 400 vehicles.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/05/2010]](/images/29000/29167.jpg "Bathgate")
![Looking east at the entrance to the new ScotRail light maintenance depot at Bathgate on 27 July with the cleaning roads in the right background on the south side of the line. The new station footbridge now dominates this view.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/07/2010]](/images/29000/29989.jpg "Bathgate LMD")
![Following a significant period of closure, the former single-file B8046 at Uphall station has reopened as a two lane road. There is now a turn-off to the right between the railway and M8 bridges leading to the recently cleared area on the north side of the station, where further development work is pending. View north through the bridges on 27 July 2010. [See image 28761] <br><br>[John Furnevel 27/07/2010]](/images/30000/30301.jpg "Uphall")
![The new road layout at Uphall on 27 July 2010 lookng east towards Edinburgh with the M8 motorway on the left and Uphall station on the right. The photograph shows the new 'crossroads' created between the road and rail bridges allowing for future vehicle access from the B8046 to the now cleared area earmarked for future development along the north side of the station. [See image 30301]<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/07/2010]](/images/30000/30358.jpg "Uphall")
![Work underway on the access road to the new Bathgate station and associated car parks on 12 October 2010. Photographed from the north side of the A89 Edinburgh Road. <br><br>[John Furnevel 12/10/2010]](/images/31000/31062.jpg "Bathgate")
![The 12.48 Edinburgh Waverley - Bathgate service pulls away from the westbound platform at Uphall on 13 October and is about to cross the recently opened replacement bridge over the widened B8046 road. An entrance has now been formed on the left into the area on the north side of the station where additional car parking will be provided.<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/10/2010]](/images/31000/31114.jpg "Uphall")
![End of the line for the end of the line. A recovery squad arrives at the now abandoned Bathgate terminus complete with rail-trolley, ladders etc on 20 October 2010. [See image 1633]<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/10/2010]](/images/31000/31158.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![The 10.48 Waverley - Bathgate shortly after arrival at the new station on 20 October 2010 [see image 31158].<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/10/2010]](/images/31000/31159.jpg "Bathgate")
![Booking hall and transit area at the new Bathgate station on 20 October, the doors to the platform are on the right and the waiting area behind the camera.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/10/2010]](/images/31000/31168.jpg "Bathgate")
![The 11.24 service to Edinburgh Waverley about to commence its journey from the new Bathgate station on 20 October 2010. The additional roads beyond the (as yet) unused westbound platform are part of the ScotRail light maintenance depot recently constructed on the south side of the line. <br><br>[John Furnevel 20/10/2010]](/images/31000/31180.jpg "Bathgate")
![Looking east from Bathgate (Old) to the new station from the end of the platform. A number of track panels have been lifted. A train sits in the train maintenance depot (right) neighbouring the new station site (left).<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/10/2010]](/images/31000/31299.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![Looking west at more or less the site of the former Bathgate Central Signalbox. To the right is the former approach to Bathgate (Old) with a number of lifted track panels and the line disconnected from the new railway. The rebuilt route to Airdrie is to the left. The former Bathgate Upper station was located to the far left of the green cabins. The view is taken from the west end of the new Bathgate station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/10/2010]](/images/31000/31300.jpg "Bathgate")
![The King is dead ... long live the King! Notice at the closed Bathgate station terminus with directions to the new station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/10/2010]](/images/31000/31301.jpg "Bathgate")
![So if your kite gets tangled up in the OLE you have been warned. This notice graces the eastbound platform of the new Bathgate station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/10/2010]](/images/31000/31302.jpg "Bathgate")
![Bathgate carpark and new station. This is a large carpark. Imagine what you see here - bays to the left and right - duplicated to the left out of shot, then duplicate both of these behind the camera and once again beyond the road end seen to the left.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/10/2010]](/images/31000/31303.jpg "Bathgate")
![Birdsmill (M8) Viaduct seen from the east. Still a strange sight to me with the electrification masts. Just to the east of here is the second Birdsmill Viaduct which crosses the Almond Water. Joys of being a passenger with a camera.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/10/2010]](/images/31000/31361.jpg "Birdsmill (M8) Viaduct")
![A pair of 334 units head for Edinburgh past the remains of Drumshoreland Station.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 02/11/2010]](/images/31000/31347.jpg "Drumshoreland")
![334 021 heads for the yard at Bathgate (New) prior to returning west.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 02/11/2010]](/images/31000/31355.jpg "Bathgate")
![158868 at Bathgate (New) with the 12.54 to Edinburgh Waverley.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 02/11/2010]](/images/31000/31364.jpg "Bathgate")
![Arrival at the new Bathgate station, 6 November 2010. <br><br>[Brian Forbes 06/11/2010]](/images/31000/31388.jpg "Bathgate")
![55022 <I>Royal Scots Grey</I> running over an hour late with<br>
<I>The West Lothian Pioneer</i>, passes slowly through Uphall on an overcast 6 November 2010 in the wake of the ScotRail 1254 ex-Bathgate service.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Brian Forbes 06/11/2010]](/images/31000/31391.jpg "Uphall")
![View west from the new Bathgate station on 6 November 2010, with the line into the former single platform terminus now severed. <br><br>[Brian Forbes 06/11/2010]](/images/31000/31405.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![170417 at Bathgate on 13 November with the 18.54 to Waverley.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 13/11/2010]](/images/31000/31489.jpg "Bathgate")
![A few short weeks after the closure of the 1986 Bathgate station all track on its dedicated line has been removed and workmen are busy dismantling the station fittings. Nothing much has changed from the street point of view however and the double arrow sign is still there out there on the roadside. View out from the buffer stops into a low winter sun on 24 November 2010.<br><br>[David Panton 24/11/2010]](/images/31000/31632.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![On 24 November a westbound 6-car 334 makes a stop on a training run <br>
passing 158729 at Platform 1 waiting to return to Edinburgh. The new ScotRail depot stands in the background. In the nicest possible way Bathgate will hope never to see a 158 again come 12 December.<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 24/11/2010]](/images/31000/31633.jpg "Bathgate")
![158 705 stands at Bathgate waiting to return to Edinburgh on 24 <br>
November 2010. <br><br>[David Panton 24/11/2010]](/images/31000/31891.jpg "Bathgate")
![Platform scene at Bathgate on 12 December 2010 with Karen Whitefield MSP and Mary Mulligan MSP awaiting departure of the first train.<br><br>[First ScotRail 12/12/2010]](/images/0/6.jpg "Bathgate")
![The electronic departure board at Bathgate on 12 December 2010, first day of through services on the reinstated route via Airdrie.<br><br>[First ScotRail 12/12/2010]](/images/31000/31316.jpg "Bathgate")
![The 13.21 Edinburgh Waverley - Helensburgh Central arrives at Bathgate platform 2 on 14 December 2010. <br><br>[John Furnevel 14/12/2010]](/images/31000/31926.jpg "Bathgate")
![The terminating 12.48 ex-Edinburgh Waverley runs into platform 1 at Bathgate on 14 December 2010. <br><br>[John Furnevel 14/12/2010]](/images/31000/31930.jpg "Bathgate")
![A Bathgate - Waverley 158 service stands at platform 1 at a snowy Bathgate station on 14 December 2010. An action plan aimed at minimising the impact of adverse weather conditions during the coming winter has recently been launched by First ScotRail [see news item].<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/12/2010]](/images/36000/36247.jpg "Bathgate")
![View west from the footbridge at Bathgate station on 14 December 2010 as the 13.47 to Helensburgh Central pulls away from platform 2.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/12/2010]](/images/36000/36300.jpg "Bathgate")
![An SPT liveried class 334 EMU calls at Bathgate on a winter's day in December 2010 with an Edinburgh Waverley - Helensburgh Central train. The modern building in the background is part of ScotRail's recently opened Bathgate depot.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/12/2010]](/images/57000/57560.jpg "Bathgate")
![334 034 disgorges its passengers at Livingston North on 5 January while working the 14.21 Edinburgh Waverley - Helensburgh Central.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 05/01/2011]](/images/32000/32195.jpg "Livingston North")
![334 001 waits at a wet Bathgate Station on 15 January 2011 with the 16.01 to Edinburgh waverley.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 15/01/2011]](/images/32000/32344.jpg "Bathgate")
![The 'official' opening of the Airdrie - Bathgate line took place on 8 March 2011. As part of the ceremony transport minister Keith Brown handed out commemorative clocks to community leaders.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 08/03/2011]](/images/5000/5964.jpg "Bathgate")
![Alistair Findlay's 37-line ode - 'The Railroad's a-Comin' - unveiled at Bathgate station on 24 March 2011.<br><br>[First ScotRail 24/03/2011]](/images/1000/1369.jpg "Bathgate")
![Alistair Findlay is congratulated by Councillor John McGinty following the unveiling at Bathgate station on 24 March 2011 [see news item]. <br><br>[First ScotRail 24/03/2011]](/images/2000/2279.jpg "Bathgate")
![Poet and cultural historian Alistair Findlay unveils his tribute to the Edinburgh-Bathgate railway line at Bathgate Station on 24 March 2011.<br>
<br>
His 37-line ode - The Railroad's a-Comin' - will go on permanent display at the station.<br>
<br><br>[First ScotRail 24/03/2011]](/images/5000/5638.jpg "Bathgate")
![<I>White Elephant East Junction....?</I> 334 002 passes the eastern connection to the cancelled STVA car terminal on 26 March with the 17.01 from Bathgate to Edinburgh Waverley. [See image 18357]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 26/03/2011]](/images/33000/33350.jpg "Bathgate East Junction")
![334 010 departs from Bathgate (New) on 14 May with the 16.48 Edinburgh Waverley - Helensburgh Central.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 14/05/2011]](/images/34000/34080.jpg "Bathgate Upper")
![Parking at Uphall recently became much easier, with the opening up of the the second car park on the north side of the station. View west on 19 September 2011 with the 13.55 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley arriving at a rainswept eastbound platform. Part of the new north side car park can be seen on the right with the M8 Motorway running past beyond the fence. [See image 28762]<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2011]](/images/35000/35698.jpg "Uphall")
![Bathgate 1986 - 2010. RIP. [See image 20316]<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2011]](/images/35000/35710.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![Hold on to your hat! A lone passenger leaves the platform shelter and braves the wind and rain at Uphall on 19 September 2011, an afternoon so dull and overcast that the station lighting has already been activated. The train recently arrived is the 13.55 ex-Helensburgh Central, bound for Edinburgh Waverley. <br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2011]](/images/35000/35777.jpg "Uphall")
![Pumpherston and Uphall Station Community Primary School. Poster 1 - see news item.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 01/02/2012]](/images/6000/6038.jpg "Uphall")
![Pumpherston and Uphall Station Community Primary School. Poster 2 - see news item.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 01/02/2012]](/images/6000/6297.jpg "Uphall")
![The former Bathgate station (1986-2010) with the trackbed partially filled in. Looking over the fencing towards the site of the buffer stops on 17 April 2012. [See image 16421]<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/04/2012]](/images/38000/38438.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![The 08.57 Milngavie - Edinburgh Waverley pulls away from platform 1 at Bathgate on 17 April 2012 on the 4 minute leg to Livingston North. <br><br>[John Furnevel 17/04/2012]](/images/38000/38448.jpg "Bathgate")
![View east showing the recently commissioned north side car park at Uphall station on 17 April 2012, as a Glasgow bound service pulls away from the platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/04/2012]](/images/38000/38484.jpg "Uphall")
![A westbound train from Edinburgh, ultimate destination Milngavie, pulls into platform 2 at Bathgate on 17 April 2012.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/04/2012]](/images/38000/38589.jpg "Bathgate")
![The infilled platform at the former Bathgate terminus, closed in December 2010, seen from the site of the buffer stops on 17 April 2012. [See image 31158]<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/04/2012]](/images/38000/38683.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![A Milngavie train about to run into platform 2 at Bathgate on 17 April 2012. The ScotRail stabling/cleaning roads can be seen in the background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/04/2012]](/images/38000/38707.jpg "Bathgate")
![The 10.27 Edinburgh Waverley - Milngavie calls at Livingston North on 30 January 2014.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/01/2014]](/images/46000/46138.jpg "Livingston North")
![View over Livingston North station on 30 January 2014 as the 10.36 ex-Milngavie arrives at platform 1 with a service for Edinburgh Waverley.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/01/2014]](/images/46000/46163.jpg "Livingston North")
![334025 approaching Bathgate on 22 February with the 10.57 from Milngavie to Edinburgh Waverley.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 22/02/2014]](/images/46000/46407.jpg "Bathgate Central Junction")
![Class 334s in the sidings on the south side of Bathgate station on 22 February. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 22/02/2014]](/images/46000/46429.jpg "Bathgate LMD")
![A fine morning at Bathgate on 15 May 2015, with the 0857 Milngavie - Edinburgh about to come to a halt at platform 1.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/05/2015]](/images/51000/51306.jpg "Bathgate")
![The light maintenance and stabling bays forming part of the ScotRail facilities on the south side of Bathgate station, photographed on 15 May 2015. As you might expect mid-morning on a Friday the bays stand empty. <br><br>[John Furnevel 15/05/2015]](/images/51000/51317.jpg "Bathgate")
![Back to nature. Scene at the former Bathgate single line terminus on 15 May 2015 [see image 20316]. Opened in March 1986, the station closed in October 2010 on the opening of the current through station. <br><br>[John Furnevel 15/05/2015]](/images/51000/51393.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![The 0938 Edinburgh - Milngavie arriving at Bathgate on 15 May 2015.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/05/2015]](/images/51000/51413.jpg "Bathgate")
![New posters at Livingston North from station adopter the Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry at Almond Valley Heritage evoke the transition from pits to trenches as the industry went to war. They recall workers who gave their lives for their country in the Great War, while others kept production going of the motor spirit, diesel oil and candles vital for the war effort. The shale-oil industry also produced heavy oil that fuelled much of the British Navy, while ammonium sulphate yielded as a by-product from shale was used in the production of explosives.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 09/07/2015]](/images/51000/51915.jpg "Livingston North")
![<I>'Keira'</I> the station cat commemorated at Livingston North.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 10/07/2015]](/images/51000/51921.jpg "Livingston North")
![The new Henry's coffee-house at Bathgate Station, opened two weeks ago.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/09/2015]](/images/52000/52579.jpg "Bathgate")
![Bathgate 30 years on - 1986 station site awaiting new use.<br><br>
<br><br>
Unfortunately Network Rail have not implemented a sensible proposal to convert the old trackbed into a footpath/cycleway giving access to the new station. The station remains are becoming a longitudinal 'garden' of wildflowers in the town centre.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford Collection 10/03/2016]](/images/54000/54482.jpg "Bathgate [3rd]")
![The 'Memory wall' at Bathgate Station.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 09/05/2017]](/images/59000/59307.jpg "Bathgate")
![Milngavie (right) and Edinburgh services pass at Uphall on 25th September 2017. Unusually the Edinburgh train is only formed of three coaches so I've now got to leg it!<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 25/09/2017]](/images/61000/61064.jpg "Uphall")
![An Edinburgh service enters Uphall on 25th September 2017. The proximity of the station to the M8 Motorway is clear. Uphall has no footbridge, and the road bridge is some way off to the west of the station. Consequently it must have the longest walk between platforms in Scotland.<br>
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<br><br>[David Panton 25/09/2017]](/images/61000/61079.jpg "Uphall")
![An Edinburgh service pulls into Livingston North on 24th October 2017. On the day<br>
this station opened, 31 years and 7 months previously, I stood on the far<br>
platform, then the only one. [see image 18408]. The scene is unrecognisable. Livingston South however still has the same temporary look that it had when it opened, around the same time.<br>
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<br><br>[David Panton 24/10/2017]](/images/61000/61755.jpg "Livingston North")
![A Milngavie service at Livingston North on 24th October 2017. Neither of the Livingston stations are at all central: North is in Deans and South in Murieston. Even the pre-newtown Livingston station was so far from the village that a separate,<br>
larger community grew up around it. 'Livingston Station' was larger than<br>
Livingston village - though this wouldn't be difficult.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 25/10/2017]](/images/61000/61703.jpg "Livingston North")
![Looking west from the footbridge at Bathgate on 19th December 2017 as a Milngavie<br>
service is about to depart. The depot is on the left.<br>
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<br><br>[David Panton 19/12/2017]](/images/62000/62321.jpg "Bathgate")
![334 013 calls at Bathgate with a Helensburgh service on 19 December.<br><br>[David Panton 19/12/2017]](/images/63000/63152.jpg "Bathgate")
