Fauldhouse

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Fauldhouse (1869-1952)
Fauldhouse North (1952-1973)
Fauldhouse (1973-)

Station code: FLD National Rail ScotRail
Where: West Lothian, Scotland
Opened on the Cleland and Midcalder Line (Caledonian Railway).
Opened on the Fauldhouse Moor Branch (William Dixon Ltd).
Open on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts.

Description

This is a two platform station. There is a very small car park on the north side.

The main station building was on the eastbound platform.

The goods yard was not by the station, but further east at Fauldhouse Goods. Further east again the line passed over the Longridge to Bathgate (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) and, beyond that, the Fauldhouse Viaduct.

To the west of the station was a branch to the Fauldhouse Colliery (opened around 1896). Access was controlled by Fauldhouse Station signal box, closed in 1904.

A Civil Defence Store was located just to the north of the station.

Further west was Benhar Junction at Benhar Summit.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
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News items

02/11/2023West Lothian rotary club rewarded for keeping train station on track [Daily Record]
14/04/2023Hi-tech cameras to be installed at three West Lothian train stations will 'analyse movements of passengers on platforms' [Daily Record]
30/07/2019Fauldhouse road closed after roof ripped off double-decker bus by railway bridge [Scotsman]
01/09/2007Rail bus service to return [Scotsman]

Books


Vanished Railways of West Lothian