Ladysbridge railway station

Ladysbridge
Lady's Bridge
Ladysbridge in 1964
Location
Place	Banff, Aberdeenshire
Area	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	57°39′39″N 2°35′10″W / 57.660888°N 2.586143°WCoordinates: 57°39′39″N 2°35′10″W / 57.660888°N 2.586143°W
Grid reference	NJ 6512 6359
Operations
Original company	Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
30 July 1859[1]	Opened as Lady's Bridge
June 1886[1]	Renamed Ladysbridge
6 July 1964[1]	Closed to passengers
1968	Closed to all traffic
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Lady's Bridge railway station was opened in 1859^[1] and renamed Ladysbridge railway station by June 1886.^[1] The station was in the Parish of Boyndie close to the Banff County Lunatic Asylum or Ladysbridge Hospital.^[2] The line from Tillynaught opened in 1859 and a temporary terminus opened at Banff on 30 July 1859 and a permanent station opened in 1860.^[3] There was a single platform.

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) took over the line in 1867 and operated it until grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the former GNoSR lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963.^[4] Passenger services were withdrawn in July 1964 and the entire line, including Banff station finally closed to all traffic in 1968.

Station infrastructure

The station was located on a single line with no passing loop, a wooden ticket office and waiting room and a single siding with a loading dock.^[5] In 1928 two sidings, an island loading dock, several goods yard buildings and a weighing machine are shown with an additional building near the ticket office. No signal box is indicated. Two semi-detached station cottages are shown.^[6] In 1963 the station was still staffed and signals were present, on the wood faced platform and on the line towards Banff.^[7][8]

The old station building served for 30 years as changing rooms at Whitehills before being demolished in 2011.^[9] The station site has been redeveloped and nothing remains of the station.

Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 1859 – 1968 Successor Great North of Scotland Railway Track gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 19 ^1⁄2 miles (31.4 km)
Legend
Banff Golf Club House Bridgefoot Halt Ladysbridge Ordens Portsoy Harbour Portsoy 1st station Goods only after 1884 Portsoy 2nd station and line to Tochieneal opened in 1884, through to Elgin in 1886 Tillynaught Cornhill Glenbarry Knock Millegin To Keith Grange Curve giving access from Aberdeen opened in 1886 Cairnie Junction (after 1897) Rothiemay Huntly to Aberdeen

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), p. 137.
2. RCHAMS Site.
3. Quick (2009), p. 71.
4. Maxtone (2005), p. 80.
5. Banffshire, Sheet IV (includes: Banff; Boyndie; Fordyce). Survey date: 1866 Publication date: 1871.
6. Banffshire 004.15 (includes: Banff; Boyndie). Publication date: 1930. Revised: ca. 1928/1928.
7. Maxtone 2005, p. 70.
8. Maxtone 2005, p. 71.
9. Banff Journal

Sources

• 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.). Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The railways of the Banff & Moray coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN 0-9547346-1-0.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

See also

• List of Great North of Scotland Railway stations

External links

• RailScot - Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
• Scottish Screen Archive 1964