Fauldhouse railway station

Fauldhouse railway station is a railway station serving Fauldhouse in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 23¼ miles (37 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley towards Glasgow Central.

Fauldhouse
Fauldhouse station in 2019, following electrification
Location
PlaceFauldhouse
Local authorityWest Lothian
Coordinates55.8224°N 3.7192°W / 55.8224; -3.7192
Grid referenceNS923601
Operations
Station codeFLD
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 45,500
2015/16 45,178
2016/17 39,452
2017/18 38,612
2018/19 36,334
History
Original companyCleland and Midcalder Railway
9 July 1869[1]Opened as Fauldhouse for Crofthead
1 June 1872[1]Renamed Fauldhouse
3 March 1952[1]Renamed Fauldhouse North
29 March 1986Renamed
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fauldhouse from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station is almost at the halfway point of the Shotts Line between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The station is located on the south-western edge of the village of Fauldhouse.

Services

Monday to Saturday, there is generally an hourly service eastbound to Edinburgh Waverley and westbound towards Glasgow Central (less frequently in the late evening). There is also a single train each way to/from Motherwell (from there in the early morning, back in the evening).[2]

There are no ticket collection or purchasing facilities at the station and it is unmanned with limited car parking facilities.

Sundays see a 2-hourly service in both directions to Edinburgh and Glasgow.

See also

References
  1. Butt 1995, p. 95.
  2. Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Breich
or Addiewell		   Abellio ScotRail
Shotts Line
   Shotts


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