Blackridge railway station is a railway station on the North Clyde Line. It serves the village of Blackridge in West Lothian, Scotland.

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Blackridge Scottish Gaelic: An Druim Dubh[1]
Blackridge station, looking west towards Caldercruix
General information
Location	Blackridge, West Lothian Scotland
Coordinates	55.8844°N 3.7502°W / 55.8844; -3.7502
Grid reference	NS895667
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BKR
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
12 December 2010	Opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19	59,780
2019/20	57,178
2020/21	6,522
2021/22	27,086
2022/23	37,282
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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The original station in this locale was called Westcraigs, built by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway. It was also the site of a junction with the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway. Opened on 11 August 1862,^[3] in some timetables the station was called Westcraigs for Harthill.^[3] The station closed on 9 January 1956.

Blackridge was originally excluded from the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link project, but after a three-year campaign by the local community, funding was approved by the Scottish Government at a cost of £5 million. Private housing developer Manorlane agreed to fund 40% of the costs. However, it closed and the funding promise expired. West Lothian Council agreed to take on the burden and expects to recoup the cost from additional expansion in the area.^[4] The station opened on 12 December 2010 on a new site, some 600 metres closer to Edinburgh than the previous Westcraigs station.^[2]

The station has a basic half-hourly off-peak service Mondays to Sundays, westbound to Airdrie, Queen St Low Level and Milngavie and eastbound to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings and on Sundays the westbound terminus is Helensburgh Central rather than Milngavie.^[5]

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Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Armadale		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Caldercruix

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