West Calder railway station
West Calder railway station is a railway station serving the village of West Calder in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 17 miles west of Edinburgh Waverley on the way to Glasgow Central.Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “WCL”, “West Calder Railway Station”, “West Calder Railway Station And Footbridge”, and “West Calder station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Calder High School and Addiewell railway station.
West Calder High School
School
West Calder High School is a secondary school in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland. The current school building was officially opened in 2018 by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the UN's Special Envoy for Global Education. West Calder High School is situated 1,600 feet east of West Calder railway station.
Addiewell railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Addiewell railway station is a railway station serving Addiewell in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. Addiewell railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of West Calder railway station.
Murieston Castle
Farm
Murieston Castle is a ruined tower house, dating from the 16th century, 2 miles west of West Calder, west of the Murieston Water, at Murieston Castle Farm, West Lothian, Scotland. Murieston Castle is situated 2 miles east of West Calder railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Calder and Seafield.
West Calder
Village
Photo: Brideshead, Public domain.
West Calder is a village in the council area of West Lothian, Scotland, located four miles west of Livingston. Historically it is within the County of Midlothian.
Seafield
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seafield is a small village in West Lothian, Scotland. Seafield lies 1+1⁄4 miles east of Blackburn, 2 miles southeast of Bathgate and 3 miles west of Livingston. Seafield is situated 2 miles northwest of West Calder railway station.
Addiewell
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Addiewell is a former mining village in the Scottish council area of West Lothian. Historically it lies within the County of Midlothian. A new prison, HMP Addiewell, opened in 2008. Addiewell is situated 2 miles west of West Calder railway station.
West Calder railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.85377° or 55° 51′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.56682° or 3° 34′ 1″ westElevation
545 feet (166 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“WCL”Open location code
9C7RVC3M+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2958369107OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“West Calder railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station West Calder”
- Dutch: “Station West Calder”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ويسانت كالدير”
- French: “gare de West Calder”
- French: “West Calder”
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