Aboyne Extension, The Deeside Railway
Railway (19th Century)
Site Name Aboyne Extension, The Deeside Railway
Classification Railway (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Great North Of Scotland Railway
Canmore ID 136060
Site Number NJ50SE 56
NGR NJ 57 03
NGR Description NJ 5500 0007 to NJ 6000 0355
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/136060
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Lumphanan
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ50SE 56 5500 0007 to 6000 0355
For stations at Lumphanan (NJ 5850 0431) and Dess (NJ 5643 0045), see NJ50SE 42 and NJ50SE 43 respectively.
The dismantled Aboyne Extension railway is visible on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1994). This extension to the Deeside Railway, later part of the Great North of Scotland Railway network, was opened on 2 December 1859, extending from Banchory to Aboyne. The line was closed to regular passenger traffic on 2 December 1966.
See also NJ50SW 27, and Lumphanan Station (NJ50SE 42) and Dess Station (NJ50SE 43).
Information from RCAHMS (KB) 18 November 1998;
R V Butt 1995; J Thomas and D Turnock 1989.
