Fauldhouse railway station

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Fauldhouse National Rail
Location
Place Fauldhouse
Local authority West Lothian
Coordinates 55°49′19″N 3°43′08″W / 55.822°N 3.719°W / 55.822; -3.719Coordinates: 55°49′19″N 3°43′08″W / 55.822°N 3.719°W / 55.822; -3.719
Operations
Station code FLD
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *   32,448
2004/05 * increase 36,907
2005/06 * increase 38,760
2006/07 * increase 41,850
2007/08 * increase 45,766
2008/09 * increase 49,362
History
Original company Cleland 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 1986 Renamed
National Rail - UK railway stations
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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fauldhouse from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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

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.

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[edit] Services

Monday to Saturday, there is generally an hourly service eastbound to Edinburgh Waverley and westbound towards Glasgow Central. It is worth noting that there is no ticket collection or purchasing facilities at the station and it is unmanned with limited car parking facilities.

There is no Sunday service.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 95.

[edit] External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Breich   First ScotRail

Shotts Line
Mondays-Saturdays only

  Shotts

[edit] 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 


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