Bathgate railway station

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Bathgate
Location
Place	Bathgate
Local authority	West Lothian
Operations
Station code	BHG
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.627 million
History
Key dates	Opened March 1986
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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 Bathgate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Bathgate railway station is a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Bathgate Line. The station is 30 km (18½ miles) west of Edinburgh

In 2005, the Scottish Executive declared that in line with plans to upgrade the unfinished part of the A8 to motorway standard, public transport links between Glasgow and Edinburgh must also improve. The closed section of line between Drumgelloch and Bathgate will be rebuilt as a double tracked electrified railway and has been termed the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. It will connect with the North Clyde Line at Drumgelloch and open up a valuable fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh, and many towns in West Lothian will be better connected to the Clydeside conurbation.

[edit] Service

There is a half-hourly service from Bathgate to Edinburgh Monday to Saturdays with an hourly service on Sundays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		First ScotRail  Edinburgh–Bathgate line		Livingston North

After rail link opens

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Armadale		First ScotRail  Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link		Livingston North