Edinburgh to Bathgate Line

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The Edinburgh to Bathgate Line is a railway line in East Central Scotland. As part of the Edinburgh Crossrail line it links the town of Bathgate in the west through Edinburgh to Newcraighall in the east. Services on this line are run by First ScotRail.

[edit] Future development

[edit] Airdrie-Bathgate extension

Main article: Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link

In 2005, the Scottish Executive declared that in line with plans to upgrade the unfinished part of the A8 to motorway standard, public transport links between Glasgow and Edinburgh must also improve. The closed section of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway between Drumgelloch and Bathgate will be rebuilt as an electrified line, and will connect with the North Clyde Line at Drumgelloch. This will open up a valuable third rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh, and many towns in West Lothian will be better connected to the Clydeside conurbation.

v • d • e Railway lines in Scotland

InterCity lines:	East Coast • West Coast

Overnight Services:	Caledonian Sleeper

Main lines:	Ayrshire Coast • Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Carstairs) • Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Falkirk) • Edinburgh-Aberdeen • Glasgow South Western • Highland

Glasgow Commuter Lines:	█ Argyle • █ Ayrshire Coast • █ Cathcart Circle • █ Croy (and Alloa) • █ Cumbernauld (and Falkirk) • █ Inverclyde • █ Maryhill • █ Motherwell-Cumbernauld • █ North Clyde • █ Paisley Canal • █ Shotts • █ South Western • █ Whifflet

Edinburgh Commuter Lines:	█ Bathgate • █ Crossrail • █ Dunblane • █ Fife Circle • █ North Berwick • █ Shotts

Rural Lines:	Aberdeen-Inverness • Far North • Kyle of Lochalsh • Tay Coast • West Highland

Future Lines:	Aberdeen Crossrail • Airdrie to Bathgate • Borders Rail Link • Crossrail Glasgow • Glasgow Airport Rail Link

Completed Projects:	Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link