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Aboyne Extension, The Deeside Railway
Railway (19th Century)
Site Name Aboyne Extension, The Deeside Railway
Classification Railway (19th Century)
Canmore ID 136563
Site Number NJ50SW 27
NGR NJ 54 00
NGR Description NJ 5420 0000 to NJ 5500 0007
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/136563
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Aboyne And Glentanar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ50SW 27 from NJ 5420 0000 to NJ 5500 0007
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 NJ50SE 56.
Information from RCAHMS (KB) 23 November 1998.
R V Butt 1995; J Thomas and D Turnock 1989.
