Fauldhouse railway station

Railway station in West Lothian, Scotland

55°49′21″N 3°43′09″W / 55.8224°N 3.7192°W / 55.8224; -3.7192Grid referenceNS923601Managed byScotRailPlatforms2Other informationStation codeFLDHistoryOriginal companyCleland and Midcalder RailwayKey dates9 July 1869^[1]Opened as Fauldhouse for Crofthead1 June 1872^[1]Renamed Fauldhouse3 March 1952^[1]Renamed Fauldhouse North29 March 1986RenamedPassengers2018/19

36,3342019/20

38,7482020/21

4,8882021/22

25,2322022/23

32,740

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Fauldhouse railway station is a railway station serving Fauldhouse in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 23¼ miles (37 km) 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.

Services

Monday to Saturday, there is generally an hourly service eastbound to Edinburgh Waverley and westbound towards Glasgow Central (less frequently in the late evening). There is also a single train each way to/from Motherwell (from there in the early morning, back in the evening).^[2]

There are no ticket collection or purchasing facilities at the station and it is unmanned with limited car parking facilities.

Sundays see a 2-hourly service in both directions to Edinburgh and Glasgow.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Butt 1995, p. 95.
^ Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.