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Railway line in the United Kingdom
The railway passing underneath Union Bridge
Union Bridge viewed from the lower side of Union Terrace Gardens
The Denburn Valley Line was a connecting line constructed to connect the northern end of the Aberdeen Railway and Deeside Railway to the southern end of the Great North of Scotland Railway mainline.
The line was built over a former stream – the den burn .[ 1] It also passed underneath the existing Union Bridge .[ 2] It opened on 4 November 1867. The project included the "joint station" , a new through-station, and two smaller stations: Schoolhill and Hutcheon Street .[ 3] The adjacent Union Terrace Gardens opened in the 1870s.[ 1]
Hutcheon Street and Schoolhill stations closed in 1937 as the local cross-city service was discontinued.
The line is still in use today as the end of the Dundee–Aberdeen line and the start of the Aberdeen–Inverness line . The joint station is now the only railway station in central Aberdeen. The Trinity Centre was built over part of the line.[ 2]
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Historical Scottish railway companies
Primary companies Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Highland Railway North British Railway
Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick
Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
Ballochney
Bathgate and Coatbridge
Blane Valley
Border Counties Railway
Border Union Railway
Campsie Branch
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company
Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company
Coatbridge Branch
Devon Valley Railway
Dunfermline and Queensferry
East of Fife Railway
Edinburgh and Bathgate
Edinburgh and Dalkeith
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh and Hawick
Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction
Esk Valley
Eyemouth Railway
Fife and Kinross Railway
Forth and Clyde Junction
Gifford and Garvald
Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge
Glasgow City and District
Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh
Glasgow and Milngavie Junction
Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank
Kelvin Valley Railway
Kincardine Line
Kinross-shire Railway
Kirkcaldy and District Railway
Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton
Leven Railway
Leven and East of Fife Railway
Macmerry Branch
Monkland and Kirkintilloch
Monkland Railways
Montrose and Bervie
Mallaig Extension
Newburgh and North Fife Railway (worked by NBR)
Newport Railway
North Berwick Branch
North British, Arbroath and Montrose
Peebles Railway
The St. Andrews Railway
Stirling and Dunfermline
Strathendrick and Aberfoyle
Slamannan
Slamannan and Borrowstounness
Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway
West Highland Railway
West of Fife Mineral Railway
Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness
Joint lines Other lines