Linlithgow railway station is a railway station serving the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by ScotRail services from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunblane, and the daily train between Glasgow Queen Street and the Fife Circle Line.
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General information | |
Location | Linlithgow, West Lothian Scotland |
Coordinates | 55.9764°N 3.5957°W / 55.9764; -3.5957 |
Grid reference | NT005770 |
Managed by | ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | LIN |
History | |
Original company | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
21 February 1842 | Opened[2] |
Passengers | |
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Listed Building – Category C(S) | |
Designated | 16 March 1992 |
Reference no. | LB37472[3] |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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Linlithgow station was opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 21 February 1842.[2] It once featured an east-facing bay platform and a small goods yard, where the carpark is today. The station also had a railway hotel; The Star and Garter Hotel which was involved in a devastating fire in October 2010.[4]
Photographs of the station taken in 1845 are believed to be the oldest photographic images of a railway subject anywhere in the world.[5]
The building is Category C listed by Historic Scotland due to it being one of the only two surviving (with Croy) stations of the original Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.[3]
The station is served by trains on the main Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk High main line and via the Cumbernauld Line, and the Edinburgh - Stirling - Dunblane routes, with half-hourly calls each way on all routes on Mondays to Saturdays (hourly to Dunblane on Sundays). Services via Cumbernauld terminate at Falkirk Grahamston in the evenings. The one return weekday Kirkcaldy to Glasgow commuter service also stops here in each direction.[6]
On Sundays, the Edinburgh - Glasgow service is half hourly and the Dunblane to Edinburgh one is hourly.
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Following station | ||
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Haymarket | ScotRail to Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk line |
Polmont | ||
Edinburgh Park | ScotRail Glasgow-Edinburgh via Cumbernauld |
Polmont | ||
ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunblane Line |
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Dalmeny | ScotRail to Fife Circle Line |
Polmont | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Philpstoun Line open, station closed |
North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
Manuel High Level Line open, station closed |
As part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, the line through the station has been electrified and the platforms extended.[7]
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