Esslemont Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Esslemont Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Esslemont, Station House
Canmore ID 115174
Site Number NJ92NW 30
NGR NJ 9335 2885
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/115174
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Ellon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ92NW 30 9335 2885
Station House [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1992.
This intermediate station on the Dyce-Ellon portion of the Buchan lines of the former Great North of Scotland Rly was opened (by the Formartine and Buchan Rly.) at the opening of the branch on 18 July 1861; it was closed to regular passenger traffic on 15 September 1952.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 March 1997.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980; R V J Butt 1995.
The remains of this disused railway station are situated on a gentle slope at an altitude of 44m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/108.
