Ladysbridge railway station

Ladysbridge

Lady's Bridge
Ladysbridge; Lady's Bridge
	Ladysbridge in 1964
General information
Location	Banff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire; Scotland
Coordinates	57°39′39″N 2°35′10″W / 57.660888°N 2.586143°W
Grid reference	NJ 6512 6359
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
30 July 1859	Opened as Lady's Bridge
June 1886	Renamed Ladysbridge
6 July 1964	Closed to passengers
1968	line closed to all traffic

Ladysbridge railway station was a station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opened as Lady's Bridge railway station in 1859^[1] it was 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for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963.^[4] Passenger services were withdrawn in July 1964 and the entire line, including Banff station finally closed to all traffic in 1968.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.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ordens Towards Grange		Great North of Scotland Banff branch		Bridgefoot Halt Towards Banff

Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway

(first) (

goods only

after 1884

)

Portsoy

(second)

Moray Coast Rly

Great North of Scotland Railway

to Keith

Grange

curve to Aberdeen

opened 1886

Cairnie Junction

Rothiemay

Huntly

Great North of Scotland Railway

to Aberdeen

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Butt (1995), p. 137.
^ "Site Record for Ladysbridge Station Details". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015.
^ Quick (2009), p. 71.
^ Maxtone (2005), p. 80.
^ Banffshire, Sheet IV (includes: Banff; Boyndie; Fordyce). Survey date: 1866 Publication date: 1871.
^ Banffshire 004.15 (includes: Banff; Boyndie). Publication date: 1930. Revised: ca. 1928/1928.
^ Maxtone 2005, p. 70.
^ Maxtone 2005, p. 71.
^ Banff Journal Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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 & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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[FOOTNOTEButt1995137-1] Butt (1995), p. 137.

[2] "Site Record for Ladysbridge Station Details". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015.

[FOOTNOTEQuick200971-3] Quick (2009), p. 71.

[FOOTNOTEMaxtone200580-4] 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.

[FOOTNOTEMaxtone200570-7] Maxtone 2005, p. 70.

[FOOTNOTEMaxtone200571-8] Maxtone 2005, p. 71.

[9] Banff Journal Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Great North of Scotland Railway
Constituent railways	Aberdeen and Turriff (originally Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction) Aboyne & Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Extension Banffshire (originally Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla) Deeside Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Morayshire Strathspey
Successor railway	London and North Eastern
Heritage railways	Alford Valley Keith and Dufftown Royal Deeside Strathspey
Rail trails	Deeside Way Formartine and Buchan Way
Aberdeen–Inverness line List of Great North of Scotland Railway stations Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway

v t e Historical Scottish railway companies
Primary companies	Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Highland Railway North British Railway
Caledonian Railway	Aberdeen Railway Alloa Railway Alyth Arbroath and Forfar Busby Railway Cathcart District Clydesdale Junction Crieff Junction Crieff and Comrie Crieff and Methven Junction Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Dunblane, Doune and Callander Dundee and Perth Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Forfar and Brechin General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Greenock and Wemyss Bay Hamilton and Strathaven Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Leadhills and Wanlockhead Lesmahagow Railway Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Paisley and Barrhead District Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Polloc and Govan Rutherglen and Coatbridge Scottish Central Scottish Midland Junction Scottish North Eastern Solway Junction Symington, Biggar and Broughton Talla Railway Wishaw and Coltness Lines built by the Caledonian Railway Balerno line CR Cleland and Midcalder CR Main Line CR Douglas Branch CR Hamilton Branch CR Hamiltonhill Branch CR The Switchback Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway Callander and Oban Killin Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway	Ardrossan Railway Ardrossan and Johnstone Ayr and Dalmellington Ayr and Maybole Junction Ayr to Mauchline Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Barrhead Branch Bridge of Weir Railway Cairn Valley Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Castle Douglas and Dumfries Dalry and North Johnstone Darvel Branch Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Greenock and Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Troon Largs Branch Maidens and Dunure Maybole and Girvan Paisley and Renfrew Paisley Canal Line
Great North of Scotland Railway	Aberdeen and Turriff Aboyne and Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Boddam Branch Deeside Denburn Valley Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Moray Coast Morayshire St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway
Highland Railway	Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose Branch Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Inverness and Aviemore Direct Inverness and Nairn Inverness and Perth Junction Inverness and Ross-shire Kyle of Lochalsh Extension Perth and Dunkeld Sutherland and Caithness Sutherland Railway Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway Dornoch Light Railway Wick and Lybster Light 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	Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction City Union Dundee and Arbroath Darvel and Strathaven Glasgow and Paisley Joint Glasgow and Renfrew District Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint
Other lines	Brechin and Edzell District Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway Dundee and Arbroath Hagdale Chromate Railway Invergarry and Fort Augustus Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway Lochaber Narrow Gauge Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway Skye Marble Railway Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway

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