Drumshoreland railway station

Drumshoreland railway station was a railway station in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.

Drumshoreland
LocationWest Lothian
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEdinburgh and Bathgate Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
12 November 1849Opened as Broxburn[1]
1 May 1870Renamed as Drumshoreland[1][2]
18 June 1951Closed[2]

History

Opened in 1849 as Broxburn, it replaced the station of the same name on the nearby Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.[1] Subsequently renamed as Drumshoreland in 1870, the station was closed in 1951.[2]

The station had a small two road goods yard on the south of the line, and 3 chains east of the station a trailing junction joined the up line from Albyn oil works in Broxburn, forming a branch to that site. 9 chains north of the mainline (between Broxburn and the M8 motorway) a line branched west and crossed the mainline near to the hamlet of Cawburn. The line passed behind the cottages and connected to the Camps Branch. A further trailing junction connected this spur to the main up line. Further east, between Drumshoreland and Bathgate (Newbridge) junction, a branch left the up line and headed north east, passing under the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway to serve Newliston shale mine (just south of Kirkliston). The course of these lines can be seen on sheet 73 within this link (Ordnance Survey Maps One-inch "Popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930) on the National Library of Scotland digital library (Maps)

Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Uphall
Line and Station open		   North British Railway
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
   Ratho
Line open; Station closed

References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), page 47
  2. Butt (1995), page 83

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.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
  • RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

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