Buchanstone railway station

Buchanstone
The site of the station in 2017
General information
Location	Buchanstone, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57°19′27″N2°34′04″W / 57.3242°N 2.5679°W / 57.3242; -2.5679
Grid reference	NJ659261
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great North of Scotland Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
1 December 1854	Opened
1 October 1866	Closed

Buchanstone railway station is a former railway station in Aberdeenshire. On the Great North of Scotland Railway, the station was on the north side of the track. It was opened in 1854 and closed to passenger traffic in 1866. The building was demolished before 1901 and nothing visible remains. The railway line is still in use as the Aberdeen to Inverness Line.

Previous services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Oyne Line open; Station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway GNoSR Main Line		Insch Line and Station open

References

Sources

• "Buchanstone Station". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland . Retrieved 5 July 2013.
• 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.

External links

• RAILSCOT on Great North of Scotland Railway