Udny railway station

Disused railway station in Udny, Aberdeenshire

57°18′36″N 2°09′22″W / 57.310°N 2.156°W / 57.310; -2.156Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyFormartine and Buchan RailwayPre-groupingGreat North of Scotland RailwayPost-groupingLNERKey dates18 July 1861Opened[1]4 October 1965Closed[1]

Udny railway station was a railway station located in Udny, Aberdeenshire.[2]

History

The station was opened on 18 July 1861 by the Formartine and Buchan Railway. On the southbound platform was the station building and on the east side was the goods yard, which also had a goods shed. There were two signal boxes, one to the north and one to the south. They both opened in 1890 but the north box closed in 1901 with the control going to the south box. The station closed on 4 October 1965.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 237
  2. ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p. 38
  3. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 432. OCLC 931112387.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Newmachar
Line and station closed 		  Great North of Scotland Railway
Formartine and Buchan Railway
   Logierieve
Line and station closed

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • RAILSCOT on Formartine and Buchan Railway


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