Fauldhouse railway station explained

Fauldhouse
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Fauldhouse, West Lothian
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8224°N -3.7192°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:FLD
Original:Cleland and Midcalder Railway
Years:9 July 1869
Events:Opened as Fauldhouse for Crofthead
Years1:1 June 1872
Events1:Renamed Fauldhouse
Years2:3 March 1952
Events2:Renamed Fauldhouse North
Years3:29 March 1986
Events3:Renamed
Footnotes: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 towards .

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 (from there in the early morning, back in the evening).

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.

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