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It will also be the end of the line for this station when it is replaced by the new one which will be about a half mile back along the line.
©Jim Smillie
The line from Edinburgh to Bathgate reopened to passengers in March 1986 after several years of closure, and this photo was taken nine months later. As part of the further extension of the line as far as Airdrie (due for completion in 2010) Bathgate station will be relocated, so this 'interim' station will have had a life of less than 25 years.
©Stephen Craven
View SE, towards Edinburgh. This photograph was taken 6½ years(!) after the station and the passenger service through it between Edinburgh (Waverley) and Glasgow (Queen Street Low Level) ceased on 9/1/56, yet it looks remarkably functional in this photograph. As far as I can make out, the last goods train to pass through on this particular line was in 2/82, but I remain baffled by the complexity and history of the lines in this area and welcome an expert opinion! The new Bathgate station, opened on 24/3/86 when a service to Edinburgh was restored, is slightly to the east.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.1km<br/>View northward, just east of Bathgate Upper station, which was then on the ex-NB Edinburgh - Bathgate - Glasgow secondary line. Passenger services had ceased in 1956, so the Depot was then (1962) only servicing freight locomotives and had become mainly a dump for withdrawn engines: this D34, No. 62484 'Glen Lyon', had been condemned in 11/61, nearly a year before the photograph.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.1km<br/>View NE, in a dump on the Edinburgh side of Bathgate (Upper) station on the ex-North British subsidiary Edinburgh - Glasgow line. This was one of about 25 withdrawn Scottish Region engines at that site awaiting disposal in September 1962; ex-NB Reid J35 0-6-0 No. 64479. Note the tender-cab, fitted for protection of the crew when running backwards in bad weather. (See also [[[2328735]]]).
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.2km<br/>As seen from an Edinburgh bound train on the re-opened line from Airdrie.
©Thomas Nugent
Dist:0.2km<br/>The redevelopment of the railway has not changed this entrance.
©Jim Smillie
Dist:0.2km<br/>Late 19th or very early 20th C cast-iron fountain donated to Bathgate by the wife of Peter Mclagan, MP for Linlithgowshire (who died in 1900). It originally stood at the top end of George Street, at the crossroads with Hopetoun Street, but was moved to the plaza called The Steelyard at the low end of George Street, presumably because its presence at the crossroads interfered with traffic.
©Claire M Jordan
Dist:0.2km<br/>Bridge over the Bathgate-Airdrie line giving access to a new mixed use development site.
©Jim Smillie
Dist:0.2km<br/>Empty on a non market day.
©Jim Smillie
Dist:0.3km<br/>Despite appearances this is not an especially old building, having been built in the 19th century. It is part of a Category C(S) group of listed buildings.
©Anne Burgess
Dist:0.3km<br/>Open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>Still operating just last remaining foundry in area where this was once a major industry
©paul birrell
Dist:0.3km<br/>A quiet Sunday morning at the station car park, as seen from an Edinburgh bound train.
©Thomas Nugent
Dist:0.3km<br/>The snow covered car park as seen from an Edinburgh bound train.
©Thomas Nugent

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