Longside railway station

Longside
General information
Location	Longside, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Formartine and Buchan Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
3 July 1862 (1862-07-03)	Opened
3 May 1965 (1965-05-03)	Closed
Location

Longside railway station was a railway station in Longside, Aberdeenshire. ^[1]

History

The station was opened on 3 July 1862. On the north side was the goods yard. There were two signal boxes, North and South, both opening in 1890. The north signal box was at the west end of the westbound platform and the south signal box was at the east end of the eastbound platform. After resignalling in 1918, the south signal box closed. The north signal box was renamed to Longside box. The station was closed to passengers under the Beeching Axe on 3 May 1965. ^[2] The signal box closed along with it. The tracks were lifted in 1970. ^[3]

References

1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 278. OCLC   931112387.
3. "Site of Longside station © Bill Harrison cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Mintlaw Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway		Newseat Line and station closed

57°31′18″N1°56′09″W / 57.5217°N 1.9359°W / 57.5217; -1.9359