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- ↑ "Station Mishap" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. Scotland. 8 September 1924. Retrieved 26 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "More and Better Summer Trains" . The Scotsman. Scotland. 22 April 1949. Retrieved 26 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.