Bathgate train station
You can reach 45 stations directly from Bathgate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Airdrie, with 95 trains a day.
Bathgate is the nearest station for postcodes in EH48. Check your own postcode.
- 45 direct destinations
- 569th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 570 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bathgate
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | 95 | 74 | 52 |
| Drumgelloch | 95 | 74 | 52 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 95 | 79 | 54 |
| Edinburgh Park | 95 | 79 | 54 |
| Haymarket | 95 | 79 | 54 |
| Livingston North | 95 | 79 | 54 |
| Uphall | 95 | 79 | 54 |
| Coatbridge Sunnyside | 94 | 73 | 52 |
| Charing Cross (Glasgow) | 94 | 73 | 52 |
| Glasgow Queen Street | 94 | 73 | 52 |
| High Street | 94 | 73 | 52 |
| Hyndland | 94 | 73 | 52 |
| Partick (Rail) | 94 | 73 | 52 |
| Shettleston | 89 | 72 | 52 |
| Bellgrove | 76 | 67 | 52 |
| Carntyne | 76 | 67 | 52 |
| Blairhill | 75 | 71 | 52 |
| Coatdyke | 75 | 72 | 52 |
| Armadale | 73 | 70 | 52 |
| Blackridge | 73 | 70 | 52 |
| Caldercruix | 73 | 70 | 52 |
| Dalmuir | 70 | 69 | 52 |
| Dumbarton Central | 69 | 69 | 50 |
| Dumbarton East | 69 | 69 | 50 |
| Easterhouse | 69 | 70 | 52 |
| Garrowhill | 69 | 70 | 52 |
| Helensburgh Central | 69 | 69 | 50 |
| Craigendoran | 68 | 69 | 50 |
| Dalreoch | 68 | 69 | 50 |
| Cardross | 66 | 69 | 50 |
| Anniesland | 33 | 15 | 51 |
| Westerton | 33 | 15 | 51 |
| Bearsden | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Hillfoot | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Milngavie | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Drumchapel | 15 | 15 | 51 |
| Drumry | 15 | 15 | 51 |
| Singer | 15 | 15 | 51 |
| Garscadden | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Jordanhill | 2 | 1 | 1 |
and 5 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Bathgate
Bathgate is on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Bathgate. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bathgate station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bathgate station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Bathgate station is
938,148 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 569th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bathgate and Edinburgh than any other pair: 539,510 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Armadale 2.3 miles
- Livingston North 3.6 miles
- Addiewell 3.9 miles
- West Calder 4.0 miles
- Blackridge 4.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bathgate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bathgate · 0.2 miles
- Bathgate (Upper) · 0.2 miles
- Bathgate (Lower) · 0.7 miles
- Whitburn · 2.1 miles
- Armadale closed 1956 · 2.5 miles
- Livingston · 2.8 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Bathgate station
Bathgate is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 07:00 to 20:00 · Sunday: 09:00 to 19:00
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Bathgate station
- Station Car Park 570 spaces, 20 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 30 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Bathgate station
Bathgate station is in West Lothian, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J4 (Whitburn Interchange), 1.4 miles south.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bathgate station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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