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References
- ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 186. OCLC 931112387.
- ↑ "Fordoun Station". Canmore. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
