Livingston South railway station

This article refers to the current station on the south of Livingston. See also Livingston North. For the historic stations, see Livingston and Newpark.

Livingston South railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, 14 miles (23 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley on the way to Glasgow Central. It is managed by ScotRail, who provide all train services.

Livingston South Scottish Gaelic: Baile Dhunlèibhe a Deas[1]
Livingston South in 2019, following rebuilding and electrification works
General information
Location	Livingston, West Lothian Scotland
Coordinates	55.8716°N 3.5015°W / 55.8716; -3.5015
Grid reference	NT061653
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LVG
History
Original company	BR Scottish Region
Key dates
6 October 1984	Opened[2]
Passengers
2019/20	0.327 million
2020/21	45,760
2021/22	0.152 million
2022/23	0.206 million
2023/24	0.302 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The town of Livingston also has another railway station, Livingston North, on the North Clyde Line.

History

The station was opened by British Rail on 6 October 1984.^[2] The station has two platforms, connected by a subway, which was originally a cattle creep under the railway embankment at this point. The platforms were of timber construction.

In April 2018 the station underwent a £3.5 million transformation to upgrade it as part of a project to electrify the Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Central line.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirknewton or Haymarket		ScotRail Shotts Line		West Calder

Services

In 2010 it was served, Monday to Saturday, by one service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. One train a day from Edinburgh terminates at Motherwell and one starts from there. An additional hourly 'semi fast' service also now (May 2016) calls, giving the station a frequency of two trains per hour between Edinburgh and Glasgow. This latter service only calls at Haymarket en route to Edinburgh and at West Calder, Shotts & Bellshill when heading to Glasgow.

There is a limited Sunday service at this station to Edinburgh and Glasgow (six trains each way per day).^[4]

The staple passenger traction on services using this station is the Class 385 EMU.