Armadale_(1st_station)_railway_station

Armadale (1st station) railway station

Armadale (1st station) railway station

Disused railway station in Armadale, West Lothian

Armadale railway station served the town of Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland from 1862 to 1956 on the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway.

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History

The station opened on 11 August 1862 by the Monkland Railways. To the south was the goods yard and to the southwest was the signal box, which opened in 1904 when the line was doubled, as well as two more platforms being added and the station being enlarged. A siding to the south served Cappers Pit. The station closed on 9 January 1956,[1] the signal box closing in the same year. A new station at Armadale was opened on a different site on 4 March 2011.

References

  1. [1]
    Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 53. OCLC 931112387.
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