Aberdeen Guild Street railway station

Aberdeen Guild Street railway station was the former terminus of the Aberdeen Railway.

Aberdeen Guild Street
Location
AreaAberdeen
Coordinates57.1449°N 2.0965°W / 57.1449; -2.0965
Operations
Original companyAberdeen Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
History
1854Opened
1867Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
A 1913 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Aberdeen (present station shown here as JOINT PASS. STA.)

This station opened to passengers on 2 August 1854 as the new terminus of the Aberdeen Railway, replacing the former temporary terminus at Ferryhill. It also served as the terminus of the Deeside Railway, which had an agreement to use the station and the portion of track between it and Ferryhill junction.[1] At the time, the southern terminus of the Great North of Scotland Railway was at Kittybrewster and the two termini were connected by a tramway through the harbour.[2] The Great North of Scotland Railway was extended in 1856 bringing the new terminus, Aberdeen Waterloo closer to the city centre, but still not connected to the Guild Street station.

On 4 November 1867 the Denburn Valley Line and the new Joint station was opened.[2] This connected the Great North of Scotland Railway and the Aberdeen Railway, which had since become the Scottish North Eastern Railway, which was in turn absorbed by the Caledonian Railway. Guild Street station subsequently became a goods yard. A large goods shed was built in 1900 which remained standing after the goods yard closed, subsequently being used for car parking. It was demolished and the station site was used for Union Square, which opened in 2009.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Cove Bay
Line open, station closed		   Aberdeen Railway   Terminus
Cults
Line and station closed		   Deeside Railway   Terminus

References
  1. "Opening of the Deeside Railway". Aberdeen Journal, and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland. 14 September 1853. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. "The Denburn Junction Railway". The Aberdeen Journal. 6 November 1867.
  3. Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Aberdeen Guild Street - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
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