Brucklay railway station

Brucklay
The station in 1961
General information
Location	Brucklay, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Formartine and Buchan Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
24 April 1865 [1]	Opened
4 October 1965	Closed
Location

Brucklay railway station was a former railway station in Brucklay, Aberdeenshire. ^[2]

History

The station was opened on 24 April 1865 by the Formartine and Buchan Railway. On the northbound platform was the station building on the west side was the goods yard and on the north end of the northbound platform was the signal box, which opened in 1891. It closed in 1959 and was replaced by a ground frame. The station closed on 4 October 1965 ^[3] and closed to goods on 28 March 1966. ^[4]

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 47.
2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p. 38
3. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 101. OCLC   931112387.
4. "Brucklay Station © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Strichen Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway		Maud Line and station closed

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 (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.
• RAILSCOT on Formartine and Buchan Railway

57°32′40″N2°07′25″W / 57.54431°N 2.12367°W / 57.54431; -2.12367