Rathen railway station

Rathen
Rathen
	The old line is now used for recreational purposes
General information
Location	Rathen, 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
24 April 1865	Opened
4 October 1965	Closed

Last updated November 04, 2022

Rathen railway station was a railway station in Rathen, Aberdeenshire,^[1]^[2] on the defunct Formartine and Buchan Railway in northeast Scotland.

History

The station was opened on 24 April 1865 by the Formartine and Buchan Railway. It had a signal box in 1894, although it closed quickly and was reduced to a ground frame. The station building was on the west side and on the east side was the goods yard. The station closed on 4 October 1965.^[3]

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References

↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38
↑ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 1364
↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 358. OCLC 931112387.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Philorth Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway		Lonmay Line and station closed

Coordinates: 57°39′06″N1°58′29″W / 57.6517°N 1.9748°W / 57.6517; -1.9748

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[1] British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38

[ord-2] Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 1364

[3] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 358. OCLC 931112387.

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