Peterhead railway station

For the railway station in Adelaide, South Australia, see Peterhead railway station, Adelaide.

Peterhead
The site of the station in 2019
General information
Location	Peterhead, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Platforms	1
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 for passengers
1970	Closed completely
Location

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

History

The railway station was opened on 3 July 1862 by the Formartine and Buchan Railway. To the north was the goods yard, further north was a locomotive shed and to the west was the signal box, which opened in 1883 and was replaced in 1890. It was closed to passengers on 3 May 1965 ^[2] and to freight on 7 September 1970. ^[3] The signal box closed in 1966 and was replaced by a ground frame. The track was subsequently removed. The site is now a school.

See also

• Peterhead Docks railway station

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. 340. OCLC   931112387.
3. "Peterhead railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Inverugie Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway		Terminus

57°30′34″N1°47′14″W / 57.5095°N 1.7872°W / 57.5095; -1.7872