Auchmacoy railway station

Auchmacoy railway station was a railway station in Crawhead, Aberdeenshire, near the Burn of Auchmacoy from which the station took its name. It was located on the Boddam Branch between Ellon and Boddam.[2]

Auchmacoy
Location
PlaceCrawhead
AreaAberdeenshire
Coordinates57.3775°N 2.0084°W / 57.3775; -2.0084
Operations
Original companyGNoSR (Boddam Branch)
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Platforms1
History
2 August 1897Station opens[1]
31 October 1932Station closes[1]
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

History

Opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway, then joining the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It was then closed by that company.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Ellon   Great North of Scotland Railway
Boddam Branch
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References

Notes

  1. Butt (1995), p. 21
  2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Auchmacoy railway station on navigable OS map
  • RAILSCOT on Boddam Branch


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