Livingston South railway station


Livingston South railway station is one of two railway stations serving Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line, west of on the way to. It is managed by Abellio ScotRail, who provide all train services.
The town of Livingston also has another railway station,, on the North Clyde Line.

History

The station was opened by British Rail on 6 October 1984. 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.

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 and one starts from there. An additional hourly 'semi fast' service also now calls, giving the station a frequency of two trains per hour between Edinburgh and Glasgow. This latter service only calls at en route to Edinburgh and at, & when heading to Glasgow.
There is a limited Sunday service at this station to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The staple passenger traction on services using this station were the Class 156 and Class 158 DMU.