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Railway station in West Lothian, Scotland

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Addiewell
Scottish Gaelic: Tobar AdaidhNational Rail
Addiewell railway station, looking west
General information
LocationAddiewell, West Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′36″N 3°36′23″W / 55.8434°N 3.6064°W / 55.8434; -3.6064
Grid referenceNS995623
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeADW
Key dates
1 July 1882Station opens
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 17,242
2020/21Decrease 1,762
2021/22Increase 11,226
2022/23Increase 14,566
2023/24Increase 17,680
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Addiewell railway station is a railway station serving Addiewell in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway in July 1882 (several years after the line itself), it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Rail.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Addiewell
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Entries and exits 17,242 1,762 11226 14,566

Service

Monday to Saturday sees an hourly service to Edinburgh and Glasgow serving most intermediate stations, this drops to 2-hourly in the evening. There is one service a day to and from Motherwell.

Sundays see a 2-hourly service in both directions, not calling at Breich or Cambuslang.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
West Calder   ScotRail
Shotts Line
  Breich

Notes

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016

References

External links

Railway stations served by ScotRail
Grouped by Scottish Parliament regions. Stations listed in italics are request stops.
Glasgow
Central Scotland
Lothian
South Scotland
(and England)
West Scotland
Mid Scotland and Fife
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