Livingston South

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Livingston South (1984-)

Station code: LVG National Rail ScotRail
Where: West Lothian, Scotland
Opened on the Cleland and Midcalder Line (Caledonian Railway).
Open on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts.

Description

This is a modern minimal two platform station which opened in 1984 on an embankment. The station has a car park on the north side.

Just to the east of the station is Bankton Viaduct. Beyond this is Midcalder Junction and the former Oakbank Oil Works.

To the west was Newpark station, closed in 1959, before the new town of Livingston started developing around 1963.

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
12/10/2018


News items

14/08/2018Livingston South station redevelopment programme revised [Network Rail]
09/04/2018New platforms is a step-up for Livingston South station redevelopment [Network Rail]
14/02/2018West Lothian railway station to undergo £3.5million transformation [Daily Record]
01/06/2010Woman hit by train [Evening News]
18/05/2003ScotRail's summer timetable [ScotRail]

Books


Vanished Railways of West Lothian