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Crofthead railway station or Fauldhouse and Crofthead was a station on the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway (WM&CR) that served the area of Crofthead and its miners rows, Greenburn and Gowanbrae near Fauldhouse in West Lothian.〔 The station was located 7 miles 40 chains〔Report dated 11 June 1845 in Parliamentary Papers Railway Department, Session: 22 January – 28 August 1846〕 east of Morningside railway station. The company at first adopted the standard track gauge for mineral lines of 4 ft 6 in, often referred to as Scotch gauge. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway took over the WM&CR in 1849, the track gauge already having been changed in August 1847, from the now almost obsolete 4 ft 6 in to the generally accepted standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ in.〔Knox, Harry (2010). ''The Story of Bathgate's Railways - 1849 to 2010'', Bathgate Historic Conservation Society]〕 Crofthead station had at first just a single short platform and this is clearly indicated on the OS map of 1854,〔(Linlithgow Sheet XI.12 (with inset XI.11) (Whitburn). Survey date: 1854. Publication date: 1856. )〕 It was accessed off Bridge Street near the hamlet of Drybridge, close to Fauldhouse.〔(Linlithgowshire, Sheet 11 (includes: Cambusnethan; Shotts; Whitburn). Survey date: 1854-5. Publication date: 1856 )〕〔(Linlithgowshire, Sheet 12 (includes: Livingston; West Calder; Whitburn). Survey date: 1854-5. Publication date: 1856 )〕 In 1895 the station site is shown with several buildings, sidings and loading docks in addition to a single platform.〔(Linlithgowshire 011.11 & 12 (includes: Cambusnethan; Shotts; Whitburn). Publication date: 1898. Revised: ca. 1895. )〕 The Caledonian Railway (CR) established a goods and mineral depot nearby and Fauldhouse station is also located in the vicinity of the old Fauldhouse and Crofthead station.〔(Linlithgowshire Sheet XI.SE (includes: Cambusnethan; Shotts; Whitburn). Publication date: 1899. Date revised: 1895. )〕 A number of mineral lines ran from near the station to collieries in the area, Polkemmet Moor, Cult, Rigghouse, etc.〔(Sheet 73 - Falkirk & Motherwell. Publication date: 1926. )〕 The station is also recorded by the North British Railway (NBR) study group as opening on 02/06/1845 and closing under the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) as Fauldhouse and Crofthead on 1 May 1930.〔(North British Railway. List of Stations with opening and closing dates from 1828 to 2003. )〕 ==Services== The line was worked by steam although the early intention may have been to work the line as a horse drawn waggonway with independent hauliers.〔 Sporadic passenger services had started from 1845 and a road coach ran between Edinburgh to the original terminus at Longridge from 16 May 1846, passengers disembarking travelling on by train to Townhead. In 1847 two hours was the railway section of the journey, calling at all the stations on the Wilsontown line.〔Thomas, John (1984) revised J S Paterson, ''A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 6, Scotland, the Lowlands and the Borders'', Newton Abbott : David and Charles. ISBN 0-946537-12-7.〕 The Caledonian Railway opened its line from Carlisle to Garriongill Junction in 1848 and its trains then ran through to Glasgow over the WM&CR. The demands on the line's capacity may led to the WM&CR passenger service being terminated at this time before being reinstated for a short time a few years later.〔Cobb, M.H. (2003). ''The Railways of Great Britain -- A Historical Atlas''. Shepperton : Ian Allan Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7110-3003-0.〕 The passenger service on the line re-started On 1 October 1864 between Morningside and Bathgate on the 1850 extension, with intermediate stations now only at Blackhall, Crofthead, Bents and Whitburn. The passenger service was sparse with in 1895 only two trains a day from Bathgate and three making the journey west, with one extra service on Saturdays.〔''Bradshaw's General Steam Navigation and Railway Guide'', 12th mo, (December) 1895, reprinted by Middleton Press, Midhurst, 2011, ISBN 978-1-908174-11-6〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crofthead railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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