Holburn Street railway station

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Holburn Street
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Holburn Street from the site of the old station
General information
LocationAberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates 57°07′51″N2°06′57″W / 57.1309°N 2.1159°W / 57.1309; -2.1159
Grid reference NJ930044
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great North of Scotland Railway
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
2 July 1894 (1894-07-02)Station opened [1]
5 April 1937 (1937-04-05) [1] Closed
28 February 1966 (1966-02-28)Line closed to passengers [2]
02 January 1967Line closed to freight

Holburn Street railway station [1] was a railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was opened in July 1894 by the GNSR and served a suburb of Aberdeen near Duthie Park and Allenvale Cemetery. [3] The station was one of several victims of the 1937 closure of stations on the Aberdeen suburban service. [4] The Deeside Railway itself eventually ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater.

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History

The station was opened on 2 July 1894 [1] and was part of a new Aberdeen suburban service on a section of the Deeside branch. At first the branch services had been operated by the Deeside Railway. The line became part of the GNSR who opened Holburn Street and at grouping the company merged with the London and North Eastern Railway.

Holburn Street was closed to passengers on 5 April 1937 [1] as a part of the withdrawal of the Aberdeen suburban service that had been the victim of increasing competition from bus services. After its closure in 1937 the line itself remained open to Ballater until 1966. Ruthrieston and Aberdeen Joint stations were only a relatively short distance away. The line has been lifted and this section forms part of the Deeside Way long-distance footpath.

In 1906 the Royal Train called here and King Edward VII disembarked to join the procession leading to Marischal College for the opening ceremony. [4] King George V also used the station to open Cowdray Hall in 1925 having travelled by a special train from Ballater. [5]

Infrastructure

The 1900 OS map shows a built up suburban area with a double track line with no crossover points. The station consisted of two platforms on an embankment site with a main station building and substantial canopy on the northern or eastbound side of the line [4] and a shelter on the southern side with the two connected by a pedestrian bridge. Signals were present but no signalbox is indicated. [6] By 1953 the line was singled with the westbound or southern track lifted. The station buildings had been demolished apart from the stationmaster's house on the southern side of the station below the embankment. [7] No goods sidings or yard were built here.

Services

In 1928 the suburban railway service, with stations at Holburn Street, Ruthrieston, Pitfodels, Cults, West Cults, Murtle, Milltimber and Culter, locally called the 'subbies' started additionally operating Sunday, services however due to competition with the buses it was announced on 28 January 1937 that the service would cease altogether in April 1937, Sunday services having ceased in 1936. It had once been very popular, the journey taking around twenty minutes to go the seven or so miles. The 1894 service of eight trains had doubled in 1900. [8] Suburban stations were only able to issue passengers tickets to stations served by the suburban train service. [8]

The site today

The old platforms remain with the trackbed in use as part of the Deeside Way and the old railway bridge replaced. [4] The Royal Deeside Railway is located at Milton of Crathes some distance down the line towards Ballater.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Butt 1995, p. 121.
  2. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 24.
  3. ↑ Kincardineshire, 007.02, Surveyed: 1899, Published: 1901
  4. 1 2 3 4 Maxtone, Graham (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. p. 8.
  5. ↑ Evening Express
  6. ↑ https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=57.1302&lon=-2.1160&layers=168&b=1 Aberdeenshire, 075.15, Surveyed: 1899 to 1900, Published: 1901
  7. ↑ NJ9304SW - A - Surveyed/Revised: 1953, Published:1954
  8. 1 2 Aberdeen City SMR - NJ90SW0075 - PITFODELS STATION

Sources

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Aberdeen Joint
Line partly open, station open (as Aberdeen)		  Great North of Scotland Railway
Deeside Railway 		  Ruthrieston
Line and station closed
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