Milltimber railway station

Milltimber
Milltimber
	Site of the old level crossing.
General information
Location	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire ; Scotland
Coordinates	57°06′06″N2°14′14″W / 57.1018°N 2.2371°W
Grid reference	NJ857012
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Deeside Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
0 January 1854	Station opened
5 April 1937	Station closed to passengers
1966	Line closed entirely

Last updated March 03, 2024

Milltimber railway station served the Milltimber area within the parish of Peterculter from 1854 to 1937^[1] on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. This area at that time had a number of mansion houses, estates, etc. such as Culter House, Fairgirth House, Camphill House, Avondow House, Glasterberry House, etc. whose workers, etc. would have used the station. Milltimber was only a short distance from Murtle station. The station was named for the nearby Milltimber Farm.

History

The station was opened in January 1854^[1] on the Deeside branch and at first its services were operated by the Deeside Railway. Later it became part of the GNoSR and at grouping merged with the London and North Eastern Railway. Milltimber is likely to have become an unstaffed halt circa 1930^[2] and was closed to passengers on 5 April 1937.^[1] The station was probably unstaffed at the same time as Murtle with the closure of the Aberdeen suburban service,^[3] with its goods services also withdrawn. After its closure in 1937 the line itself remained open until 1966. The line has been lifted and this sections forms part of the Deeside Way long-distance footpath although major roadworks have required a diversion from the route of the old trackbed. In 1899 the station had served as a post office.

Infrastructure

Aerial view of Milltimber MilltimberAir.jpg — Aerial view of Milltimber

The station had at first a single platform on the northern side of the line with a waiting room and ticket office building that was similar to those at Torphins, Lumphanan and elsewhere on the line. In 1865 the single siding was on the north-east side, approached from the east.^[4] By 1899 the line had been doubled, a stone station house was built, together with a wooden pedestrian overbridge and a signal box located on the eastbound platform with a simple wooden shelter.^[5] Two sidings, a loading dock and a weighing machine were present in the goods yard now located on the west side of the station with points and signals in the vicinity.^[6]

In 1963 the station, closed since 1937, was on a single track section of line with the station house still standing together with the old station building and signal box.^[3]

Services

In 1928 the suburban railway, locally called the 'subbies' started additionally operating Sunday services to Culter 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.^[7]

The site today

The much modified and enlarged stationmasters or agents house survives as a much enlarged private dwelling with one platform of Aberdeenshire granite remaining in situ, the eastbound.^[5] The Deeside Way runs past the station however a diversion is now in place beyond the station due to a major new road, the Western Peripheral Route, and part of the old goods yard site has been lost. The Royal Deeside Railway is located at Milton of Crathes some distance down the line towards Ballater.

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Park railway station was opened in September 1853 by the Deeside Railway and served the rural area around the Park estate, Nether Sunnyside, West Redford and the hamlet of Park. The Deeside Railway was taken over by the GNoSR and in 1894 nearby Culter became the terminus for the majority of Aberdeen suburban services with only a few trains continuing through Park to Banchory. Despite the 1937 closure of many other stations on the Aberdeen suburban service, Park remained open until 1966 as an intermediate station on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. Park station was located in Drumoak Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Butt 1995, p. 160.
↑ Disused Railway Stations
1 2 NJ8601-NJ8701 - AA - Surveyed/Revised: 1963, Published:1964
↑ Aberdeenshire LXXXV.8 (Peterculter and Banchory Devenick (Det.)) Survey date: 1865 Publication date: 1866
1 2 Maxtone, Graham (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. p. 15.
↑ Aberdeenshire LXXXV.8 (Maryculter; Peterculter) Publication date: 1900 Revised: 1899
↑ Doric Columns

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Maxtone, Graham and Cooper, Mike (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. ISBN 978-0902343-30-6.

External links

Film of the station and the Deeside line.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Murtle Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Deeside Railway		Culter Line and station closed

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[FOOTNOTEButt1995160-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Butt 1995, p. 160.

[2] Disused Railway Stations

[DC-3] 1 2 NJ8601-NJ8701 - AA - Surveyed/Revised: 1963, Published:1964

[4] Aberdeenshire LXXXV.8 (Peterculter and Banchory Devenick (Det.)) Survey date: 1865 Publication date: 1866

[MX-5] 1 2 Maxtone, Graham (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. p. 15.

[6] Aberdeenshire LXXXV.8 (Maryculter; Peterculter) Publication date: 1900 Revised: 1899

[7] Doric Columns

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Constituent railways	Aberdeen and Turriff (originally Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction) Aboyne & Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Extension Banffshire (originally Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla) Deeside Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Morayshire Strathspey
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