Bathgate West Junction [1st]
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Bathgate West Junction [1st] (1897-1923)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways).Opened on the Bathgate Loop (North British Railway).
Description
This was the junction formed between the 1855 Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways) and later 1897 Bathgate Loop (North British Railway) which allowed trains from Avonbridge to approach Bathgate Upper. The 'loop' created a triangle of lines west of the upper station.
It was renamed Bathgate North in 1903. The north to south curve closed in 1923 and box closed.
Tags
Junction| Nearby stations Bathgate [1st] Bathgate Upper Bathgate [4th] Bathgate Lower Bathgate Armadale Whitburn Armadale [1st] Foulshiels Westfield Livingston [1st] Almondhaugh Bangour [Hospital] Livingston Mill Bents | Bathgate Brass Foundry Bathgate West Junction [2nd] Balbardie Steel Works West Lothian Steel Rolling Mill and Shovel Works Polkemmet Junction Bathgate Central Junction Bathgate Shed Quarry Hopetoun Steel Works Saw Mills Bathgate LMD Balbardie Colliery Pit No 1 Bathgate West LMD Easton Colliery Balbardie Colliery Pit No 2 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
