West Lothian Railway Statistics

There are twelve railway stations in West Lothian.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Livingston North 995,000
  2. 2 Linlithgow 990,114
  3. 3 Bathgate 898,240
  4. 4 Uphall 457,446
  5. 5 Livingston South 301,708
  6. 6 Armadale 213,400
  7. 7 West Calder 127,678
  8. 8 Kirknewton 63,714
  9. 9 Blackridge 48,902
  10. 10 Fauldhouse 42,016

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Breich 6,036
  2. 2 Addiewell 17,680
  3. 3 Fauldhouse 42,016
  4. 4 Blackridge 48,902
  5. 5 Kirknewton 63,714

Passenger Numbers

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

Usage dropped to 15% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 0% by 2024.

Passenger Estimates for Kirknewton 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