Aberdeen Kittybrewster railway station
Aberdeen Kittybrewster | |
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 The site of the station in 2009 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Aberdeen, Aberdeen Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°09′37″N 2°06′49″W / 57.1603°N 2.1136°W |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great North of Scotland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GNoSR |
| Key dates | |
| 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 12
- ^ Butt (1995), page 136
- ^ "Sites and Monuments Record: Railway Station, Waterloo". Aberdeen City Council Website. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ "Map of Aberdeen railways". 1913. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
Sources
[edit]- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- 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.