Linlithgow railway station is a railway station serving the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, and is also served by ScotRail services from to .
History
Linlithgow station was opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 21 February 1842. It once featured an east-facing bay platform and a small goods yard, where the carpark is today. The station also had a railway hotel, the Star and Garter, which was involved in a devastating fire in October 2010.
Photographs of the station taken in 1845 are believed to be the oldest photographic images of a railway subject anywhere in the world.
The building is Category C listed by Historic Scotland due to it being one of the only two surviving stations (with ) of the original Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Services
The Edinburgh to Dunblane service calls here half-hourly, except on Sundays where one train an hour terminates at Stirling instead.
Linlithgow also receives a half-hourly service Monday-Friday and Sunday between Edinburgh and Glasgow, whilst operating every 15 minutes during the Monday-Friday peak and also on Saturdays.
A limited number of Sunday services start or terminate at Perth, running via Stirling and Gleneagles.
Electrification As part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, the line through the station has been electrified and the platforms extended.
References
Sources
RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Linlithgow station on navigable OS map
External links Video footage of Linlithgow Railway Station