New £300m Airdrie - Bathgate rail ink reopens [BBC News]
Date: 12/12/2010
A £300m rail link has opened that re-establishes passenger services between North Lanarkshire and West Lothian for the first time in 54 years.
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Airdrie-Bathgate rail link opens
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A £300m rail link opens, re-establishing services between Airdrie and Bathgate which was closed more than 50 years.
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A chilly Blackridge on the morning of 12 December 2010, the first day of passenger services from the new station.
Location: Blackridge
Company: New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)
12/12/2010 First ScotRail
Location: Blackridge
Company: New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)
12/12/2010 First ScotRail
Platform scene at Bathgate on 12 December 2010 with Karen Whitefield MSP and Mary Mulligan MSP awaiting departure of the first train of the day.
Location: Bathgate
Company: Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
12/12/2010 First ScotRail
Location: Bathgate
Company: Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
12/12/2010 First ScotRail
The electronic departure board at Bathgate on 12 December 2010, first day of through services on the reinstated route via Airdrie.
Location: Bathgate
Company: Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
12/12/2010 First ScotRail
Location: Bathgate
Company: Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
12/12/2010 First ScotRail
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