Auchnagatt railway station
Auchnagatt | |
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Location of the station (1997) | |
Location | |
Place | Auchnagatt |
Area | Aberdeenshire |
Coordinates | 57°28′01″N 2°07′01″W / 57.467°N 2.117°WCoordinates: 57°28′01″N 2°07′01″W / 57.467°N 2.117°W |
Operations | |
Original company | Formartine and Buchan Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
18 July 1861 | Station opened |
4 October 1965 | Station closed |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
UK Railways portal |
Auchnagatt railway station was a railway station in Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire. Before its closure, services ran to Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Aberdeen.[1]
History
The station was opened by the Formartine and Buchan Railway, then part of the Great North of Scotland Railway. It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board in 1965 under the Beeching Axe.
The site today
The station is still fairly intact beside the lifted railway.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Arnage | Great North of Scotland Railway | Maud |
References
- ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
- RAILSCOT on Formartine and Buchan Railway
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