Bieldside Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Bieldside Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Canmore ID 112888
Site Number NJ80SE 63
NGR NJ 8821 0228
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112888
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Peterculter
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80SE 63 8821 0228
This intermediate station on the Great North of Scotland Rly. branch line from Aberdeen (Ferryhill Junc.) to Ballater ('the Deeside branch') was opened on 1 June 1897 by the GNoSR. It was grouped into the London and North-Eastern Rly. and closed on 5 April 1937.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 January 1997.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980; R V J Butt 1995.
Nothing is now visible of the railway buildings at Bieldside Station, but the platform, its sides faced with granite topped by an overhanging concrete edge, survives with only minor damage.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 25 February 1997.
