Auchmacoy railway station

Auchmacoy
General information
Location	Crawhead, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57°22′39″N2°00′30″W / 57.3775°N 2.0084°W / 57.3775; -2.0084
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	GNoSR (Boddam Branch)
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 August 1897	Station opened [1]
31 October 1932	Station closed [1]
Location

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 line between Ellon and Boddam. ^[2]

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 line		Pitlurg

References

Notes

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

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL   11956311M.
• 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

External links

• RAILSCOT on Boddam Branch