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Livingston North
Location
Place Livingston
Local authority West Lothian
Coordinates 55°54′04″N 3°32′38″W / 55.901, -3.544Coordinates: 55°54′04″N 3°32′38″W / 55.901, -3.544
Operations
Station code LSN
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 0.584 million
2005/06 * 0.622 million
2006/07 * 0.624 million
History
Original company Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
12 November 1849 Opened as Livingston1
December 1875 Renamed as Livingstone
July 1925 Name reverted to Livingston
1 November 1948 Closed1
24 March 1986 Re-opened as Livingston North
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Livingston North from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

Livingston North railway station is one of two railway stations serving the new town of Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Bathgate Line 25 km (15½ miles) west of Edinburgh. The other railway station in the town is Livingston South on the Shotts Line.

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History

The original Livingston station was opened as Livingston by the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway on 12 November 1849.1 Between December 1875 and July 1925 it was renamed as Livingstone. British Railways closed the station on 1 November 1948.1 This station was situated a quarter of a mile west of the current station. The new Livingston North which opened in 1986 is situated in the Carmondean area of Livingston - the area further west is still known as Livingston Station.

Reopening

The station's reopening, with a single platform, came as part of the reopening to passenger services of the Edinburgh to Bathgate Line in 1986. Ever since, train services at Livingston North have normally been operated by diesel multiple units (initially Class 101s, then from 1987 Class 150s and by 2008 Class 158 and/or Class 170s).

The 1986 platform at Livingston North was partially built on the solum of the (then) existing up (Edinburgh) line of the railway (which still existed as a double-track freight only line - subsequently, a section of track just under 3 miles in length was removed, and the remaining single line was slewed to serve the new Station and also ease some curvature). This was due to the location of the station in a cutting, and the need to provide ramped access (via a 'switchback' path) to the platform (in addition to a normal Staircase), and to allow space for a car park.

With the commencement of work for the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link, much excavation was needed around Livingston North Station to provide the new platform and to avoid complete closure of the existing platform - which would have been unavoidable had the original railway boundary been observed. The new, second platform officially came into use on 20 October 2008, when for the first time in over half a century, passenger traffic served the area on a double track railway. Works continue to complete the transformation of the station. Electrification shall follow in conjunction with the re opening of the through route to Drumgelloch and Airdrie

Service

2008

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Edinburgh (terminating at Newcraighall) and westbound to Bathgate. Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Bathgate   First ScotRail

 Edinburgh–Bathgate line 

   Uphall
Historical railways
Bathgate
Line and station open		   Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway

North British Railway

   Uphall
Line and station open
Bathgate (Upper)
Line and station closed		   Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway

North British Railway

   Connection to
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 145

Sources
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