Aberdeen Kittybrewster railway station
For other places with the same name, see Aberdeen station (disambiguation).
For other railway stations in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, see Railway stations of Aberdeen.
| Aberdeen Kittybrewster | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Aberdeen |
| Area | Aberdeen |
| Coordinates | 57°09′37″N 2°06′49″W / 57.1603°N 2.1136°WCoordinates: 57°09′37″N 2°06′49″W / 57.1603°N 2.1136°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great North of Scotland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GNoSR |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| History | |
| 20 September 1854 | Station opened[1] |
| 1 April 1856 | Station closed and replaced by Aberdeen Waterloo and Kittybrewster[1][2] |
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Aberdeen Kittybrewster station opened on 20 September 1854[1] to serve the Great North of Scotland Railway main line to Keith. It closed to passengers in 1856[1] once Aberdeen Waterloo opened and Kittybrewster (on the link to the Aberdeen Railway. The track remains in use as a freight siding for the docks.[3]
The station was 19 chains (380 m) south of the junction between the main line and the branch line to the docks,[4] near where the A96 Powis Terrace now crosses the line.
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 12
- ↑ Butt (1995), page 136
- ↑ "Sites and Monuments Record: Railway Station, Waterloo". Aberdeen City Council Website. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011.
- ↑ "Map of Aberdeen railways". 1913. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
Sources
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.
- 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 (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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
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