Addiewell railway station explained

Addiewell
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Tobar Adaidh
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Addiewell, West Lothian
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8434°N -3.6064°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:ADW
Years:1 July 1882
Events:Station opens
Footnotes: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 to via .

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[1] !!2019-20!2020-21!2021-22!2022-23
Entries and exits17,2421,7621122614,566

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estimates of station usage ORR Data Portal . 31 Jul 2024 . dataportal.orr.gov.uk.