Bangour railway station

Bangour railway station was a railway station in West Lothian, Scotland. It was located on a short branch of the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.

Bangour
LocationWest Lothian
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEdinburgh and Bathgate Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Key dates
19 June 1905Opened[1]
4 May 1921Closed[1]

History

Opened to serve a hospital in 1905,[1][2] the station did not survive to the 1923 Grouping, being closed by the North British Railway in 1921.[1]

The Bangour Railway as it was known began with an east facing junction at Bangour Junction on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway. The junction hosted several sidings, and was located where the A899 Livingston Spine road crosses the railway today. A station, with a single platform and two sidings existed at Dechmont. The line terminated near the present day boiler house in Bangour Village Hospital. The line carried all the supplies for the hospital, but quickly became redundant when road access improved throughout the area. The line was funded by the Edinburgh and district Lunacy board, and was classed as a Private line.

Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Terminus   North British Railway
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
   Dechmont
Line and station closed

References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), p. 26
  2. RAILSCOT

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

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