Hi all. Airdrie - Bathgate was a 12 mile railway route that has been closed for over 50 years and has been used for as a cycle path for many years since closure from being a railway route. The 12 mile route is being reopened as a railway line once again and is expected for completion in 2010. I have explored the whole 12 mile route in stages over the past couple of years and I am taking photographs of the works taking place as the project progresses. Below are photographs taken from the route before works started and of works taking place on what was a good and soon to be reopened railway route. More information and the full gallery of photographs can be found in the link below. Below the link will be photographs I have attached showing the route as a cycle path and also showing the cycle path being turned into what will be a reopened railway line.
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/c1725139.htmlBelow are photographs that are inside the gallery. There is lots more to look at inside including an exclusive behind the scenes look at the new Bathgate L.M.D. being constructed, second platforms being added at Livingston North being built, Drumgelloch and Bathgate stations as they are now before demolition next year plus lots more!
The Route:
Airdrie:
Looking east towards Drumgelloch - Second track will be added to the left leading upto the new Drumgelloch station
Former Airdrie Signalbox which has lay abandoned and disused for over 40 years and will demolished when a third platform is built as part of the A - B project
A general view of Airdrie station looking west showing the abandoned and disused signalbox and where the new third track and station platform will be located to the left
Best Regards
Jonathan McGurk