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Blackridge railway station

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History
Reopening
Gallery
Services
References
Notes Sources

{{Infobox GB station
| symbol = rail
| name = Blackridge
| other_name = {{lang-gd|An Druim Dubh}}{{sfn|Brailsford|2017|loc=Gaelic/English Station Index}}
| code = BKR
| image_name = Blackridge Station March 2011.jpg
| caption = Blackridge station, looking west towards Caldercruix
| manager = Abellio ScotRail
| locale = Blackridge
| borough = West Lothian
| coordinates = {{coord|55.8844|-3.7502|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| platforms = 2

| lowusage1314 = {{increase}} 47,330
| lowusage1415 = {{increase}} 51,470
| lowusage1516 = {{increase}} 53,194
| lowusage1617 = {{increase}} 56,894
| lowusage1718 = {{increase}} 58,030
| original = Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
| pregroup = North British Railway
| postgroup = LNER
| years = 11 August 1862
| events = Opened as Westcraigs^[1]
| years1 = 9 January 1956
| events1 = Closed^[1]
| years2 = 12 December 2010
| events2 = Reopened^[3]
| gridref = NS895667
| dft_category = F2
}}

Blackridge railway station is a railway station on the North Clyde Line. It is serves the village of Blackridge, West Lothian, Scotland.

History

The original station in this locale was called Westcraigs built by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway. It was also the site of a junction with the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway. Opened on 11 August 1862,^[1] in some timetables the station was called Westcraigs for Harthill.^[1]

As part of the Beeching cuts, the station closed on 9 January 1956.

Reopening

Blackridge was originally excluded from the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link project, but after a three-year campaign by the local community, funding has been approved by the Scottish Government at a cost of £5 million. Private housing developer Manorlane agreed to fund 40% of the costs. However, it closed and the funding promise expired. West Lothian Council agreed to take on the burden and expects to recoup the cost from additional expansion in the area.^[2] The station opened on 12 December 2010 on a new site, some 600 metres closer to Edinburgh than the previous Westcraigs station.^[3]

Gallery

Services

The station has a basic half-hourly off-peak service Mondays to Sundays, westbound to {{rws|Airdrie}}, Queen St Low Level and {{rws|Milngavie}} and eastbound to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings and on Sundays the westbound terminus is {{rws|Helensburgh Central}} rather than Milngavie.^[4]

{{rail start}}{{rail line
|next = {{Stnlnk|Caldercruix}}
|previous = Armadale
|route = Abellio ScotRail
North Clyde Line
|col = {{ScotRail colour}} |lightcol={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=North Clyde Line}} }}{{Historical Rail Insert}}{{rail line
|next = Forrestfield
Line open; station closed
|previous = Armadale
Line and station open
|route = Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
North British Railway
|col = {{NBR colour}} |lightcol={{NBR light}} }}{{s-end}}

References

Notes

1. ^¹²³Butt (1995), page 245
2. ^{{Cite journal|date=December 2008|publisher=Ian Allan Publishings|volume=65|issue=723|journal=Modern Railways|title=Blackridge station go-ahead}}
3. ^¹{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11976653|title=New £300m Airdrie-Bathgate rail link re-opens|publisher=BBC News|date=12 December 2010|accessdate=12 December 2010}}
4. ^{{NRtimes|May 2016|226}}

Sources

{{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |origyear=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |ref=harv }}
{{Butt-Stations}}
{{Jowett-Atlas}}
RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
West Craigs station on navigable OS map

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