[1] The railway was extended to Bathgate on a different alignment that diverted the route to the north where a new station (55.833977, -3.673023), a simple platform, was opened in May 1850 but closed in December 1852.

[5] The Caledonian Railway opened its line from Carlisle to Garriongill Junction in 1848 and its trains then ran through to Glasgow over the WM&CR.

[6][1] A Government inspector recorded that at opening that at the eastern end, "the line terminates in a large field, about a mile from a small village called Whitburn" and that no passenger shelters of waiting rooms were provided.

[2] The OS map indicates that the original station had a single platform with a goods yard that had at least one siding and a well.

[8] In 2015 the site of the terminus station remains undeveloped and is mainly occupied by small forestry plantations.