History
Bathgate was opened by the Monkland Railways in 1856, being renamed as Bathgate Lower on 1 August 1865 by the North British Railway as the same time as the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway station of the same name was renamed as Bathgate Upper.
The station was closed, along with the other station on the branch - Westfield - by the LNER on 1 May 1930.
Bathgate (Lower) was situated between Easton Road and Cochrane Street in Bathgate. From the station, a branch continued to Balbardie Colliery to the north east of the station, and a further branch to Easton Colliery to the south west of the station. The main branch continued 4 miles and 6 chains west from Bathgate (Lower) to Blackston Jct, where it joined the Slamannan Railway
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