Drumshoreland railway station
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Drumshoreland railway station was a railway station in West Lothian
, Scotland
. It was located on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.
. Subsequently renamed as Drumshoreland in 1870, the station was closed in 1951.
The station had a small two road goods yard on the south of the line, and 3 chains east of the station a trailing junction joined the up line from Albyn oil works in Broxburn, forming a branch to that site. 9 chains north of the mainline (between Broxburn and the M8 motorway) a line branched west and crossed the mainline near to the hamlet of Cawburn. The line passed behind the cottages and connected to the Camps Branch. A further trailing junction connected this spur to the main up line. Further east, between Drumshoreland and Bathgate (Newbridge) junction, a branch left the up line and headed north east, passing under the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway to serve Newliston shale mine (just south of Kirkliston). The course of these lines can be seen on sheet 73 within this link http://www.nls.uk/maps/os/popular_graphic.html (Ordnance Survey Maps One-inch "Popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930) on the National Library of Scotland digital library (Maps)http://www.nls.uk/maps/index.html
West Lothian
West Lothian is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire....
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was located on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.
History
Opened in 1849 as Broxburn, it replaced the station of the same name on the nearby Edinburgh and Glasgow RailwayEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was a railway built to link Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Act of Parliament for building the railway received its Royal Assent in 1838 which was open on 28 July 1863. Services started between Glasgow Queen Street and Haymarket on 21 February 1842. The line was...
. Subsequently renamed as Drumshoreland in 1870, the station was closed in 1951.
The station had a small two road goods yard on the south of the line, and 3 chains east of the station a trailing junction joined the up line from Albyn oil works in Broxburn, forming a branch to that site. 9 chains north of the mainline (between Broxburn and the M8 motorway) a line branched west and crossed the mainline near to the hamlet of Cawburn. The line passed behind the cottages and connected to the Camps Branch. A further trailing junction connected this spur to the main up line. Further east, between Drumshoreland and Bathgate (Newbridge) junction, a branch left the up line and headed north east, passing under the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway to serve Newliston shale mine (just south of Kirkliston). The course of these lines can be seen on sheet 73 within this link http://www.nls.uk/maps/os/popular_graphic.html (Ordnance Survey Maps One-inch "Popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930) on the National Library of Scotland digital library (Maps)http://www.nls.uk/maps/index.html