Bathgate STVA Aborted Siding [West]
Location type
JunctionNames and dates
West Calder Branch Junction (1875-1920)Bathgate STVA Aborted Siding [West] (2010-)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.Opened on the West Calder Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This junction opened in 1875 to serve the Seafield Oil Works near West Calder. The branch, North British Railway owned, was single track. The junction made a trailing connection with a trailing crossover to the west. The signal box was to the north of the junction.
The junction was moved further west in 1920, the then new Bathgate East Junction [2nd].
An abortive turnout was installed here for an STVA depot (the original site having been taken over for the site of Bathgate LMD. The turnout remains in place (2020) but is unlikely to be used. Approach is from the east.
A further unused turnout exists to the east, Bathgate STVA Aborted Siding [East].
The site was also known as Boghall Branch Junction (Boghall was to the north east). Boghall Old Siding was to the east, with Boghall New Siding further east before reaching the original Livingston [1st] station.
Tags
JunctionAliases
Bathgate STVA aborted siding Boghall Branch Junction10/09/2021
| Nearby stations Bathgate Bathgate [4th] Bathgate Upper Bathgate [1st] Bathgate Lower Livingston [1st] Almondhaugh Whitburn Livingston Mill Livingston North Foulshiels Bangour [Hospital] Armadale Armadale [1st] West Calder | Bathgate East Junction [2nd] Bathgate East LMD Balbardie Brick Works Bathgate STVA Aborted Siding [East] Bathgate Truck Plant Bathgate West LMD Moss Litter Works Bathgate LMD Bathgate Shed Quarry Bathgate Central Junction Bathgate West Junction [2nd] Balbardie Steel Works Polkemmet Junction Bathgate West Junction [1st] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
