West Lothian Railway Statistics

There are twelve railway stations in West Lothian.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Livingston North 808,294
  2. 2 Linlithgow 797,512
  3. 3 Bathgate 769,530
  4. 4 Uphall 358,086
  5. 5 Livingston South 205,642
  6. 6 Armadale 172,918
  7. 7 West Calder 90,460
  8. 8 Kirknewton 39,750
  9. 9 Blackridge 37,282
  10. 10 Fauldhouse 32,740

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Breich 4,484
  2. 2 Addiewell 14,566
  3. 3 Fauldhouse 32,740
  4. 4 Blackridge 37,282
  5. 5 Kirknewton 39,750

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for West Lothian peaked during 2018-19 with 5,199,576 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 15% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 67% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for West Lothian table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-982,008,196
1998-992,245,014
1999-002,508,578
2000-012,539,211
2001-022,514,124
2002-032,580,053
2003-04 
2004-052,944,476
2005-063,029,083
2006-073,061,128
2007-083,094,907
2008-093,103,260
2009-103,021,092
2010-113,264,152
2011-123,819,228
2012-134,169,684
2013-144,495,206
2014-154,862,742
2015-164,862,742
2016-175,128,052
2017-185,147,194
2018-195,199,576
2019-204,971,922
2020-21747,182
2021-222,476,792
2022-233,331,264
2023-24