Kirkton Bridge Halt railway station

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Kirkton Bridge Halt
General information
Location Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Grid reference NK041651
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
July 1904Opened as Kirton Bridge Halt [1]
June 1908renamed Kirkton Bridge Platform [2]
3 May 1965Closed [2]

Kirkton Bridge Halt railway station or Kirkton Bridge Platform railway station was a request stop on the Fraserburgh and St Combs Light Railway, Aberdeenshire. [3] It was opened in 1904 as Kirton Bridge Halt, [1] later renamed as Kirkton Bridge Platform, on the links to serve the Fraserburgh golf course users and tourists a year after the line's other stations had opened. The 1948 timetable gives the station name as Kirkton Bridge Halt. [4]

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History

Fraserburgh Golf Course and the sand dunes Sand dunes behind Fraserburgh Bay - geograph.org.uk - 685024.jpg
Fraserburgh Golf Course and the sand dunes

The line from Fraserburgh to St Combs itself had opened in 1903 and was the last line built by the Great North of Scotland Railway before it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. The line was closed in 1965 by the Scottish Region of British Railways as part of the Beeching Cuts. [2] The St Combs line was partly unfenced and it was therefore classified as a light railway and as a result the locomotives had cow catchers. [5] The ruins of the old Church or Kirk of Philoth are located nearby, hence the name of the station. [6]

Infrastructure

The short single platformed halt stood on the west of the line just south of Kirkton Bridge with the Fraserburgh golf club house nearby, located between the St Combs branch and the Fraserburgh branch close to the point where the two lines diverged. It was accessed via a path running across the road from the clubhouse and photographs show that it was built of wood with a gravel surface. No shelter or lighting were provided and the station had no sidings or signalling. A level crossing was located nearby at the 1.6 km or 1 mile mile post on the running towards St Combs. [7] White posts beside the track at the halt assisted the train driver in positioning the train in poor light conditions or after dark. [5] The gradient running towards St Combs was 1 in 50. [5]

Services

The line in 1910 had seven return workings on weekdays and an additional late night Saturday train from Fraserburgh that departed at 9.30pm and returned at 10pm. No Sunday services were provided on the railway. The 1964 - 1965 timetable had 11 return workings per day between Fraserburgh and St Combs with an additional service on Saturdays. [8] A journey took around twenty minutes and Kirkton Bridge was a request stop with passengers required to inform the guard if they wished to alight there. [4] The line closed to goods on 7 November 1960, Kirkton Bridge Halt however had never handled goods. [9]

The site today

The trackbed is visible in places however nothing remains of the halt. The Fraserburgh golf clubhouse is still present.

Former Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Fraserburgh
Line and Station closed		  Great North of Scotland Railway

Fraserburgh and St Combs Light Railway
  Philorth Bridge Halt
Line and Station closed

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References

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 137.
  2. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 138.
  3. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38
  4. 1 2 "Timetable World - Table 152. Fraserburgh and St Combs". Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 Maxtone, Graham (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. p. 89.
  6. ↑ NK06, Surveyed: 1938 - 1955, Published: 1957
  7. ↑ NK0065 - A - Surveyed/Revised: 1963, Published:1965
  8. ↑ Unseen Steam
  9. ↑ Great North of Scotland - St Combs Branch

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Coordinates: 57°40′41″N1°59′47″W / 57.67813°N 1.99625°W / 57.67813; -1.99625

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