Ruthrieston railway station

Ruthrieston
Ruthrieston
	Ruthrieston station site in 2005.
General information
Location	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire ; Scotland
Coordinates	57°07′41″N2°07′34″W / 57.1281°N 2.1260°W
Grid reference	NJ924041
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great North of Scotland Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
January 1856	Station opened
April 1876	Closed
1 June 1885	Reopened
June 1927	Renamed Ruthrieston Halt
5 April 1937	Closed
2 January 1967	Line closed to freight

Last updated March 03, 2024

Ruthrieston railway station^[1] or Ruthrieston Halt was opened in January 1856 by the GNSR and served Ruthrieston, now a suburb of Aberdeen.^[2] The halt was one of several victims of the 1937 closure of stations on the Aberdeen suburban service.^[3] The Deeside Railway itself eventually ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. Ruthrieston is located in the parish of Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

History

The station was first opened in January 1856^[1] and closed in April 1876.^[1] It was reopened in June 1885 and was part of a new Aberdeen suburban service on a section of the Deeside branch. At first the branch services had been operated by the Deeside Railway. The line had become part of the GNoSR who opened Ruthrieston on both occasions and at grouping the company merged with the London and North Eastern Railway.

Ruthrieston became an unstaffed halt in June 1927 due to low passenger usage.^[3] and was closed to passengers on 5 April 1937^[1] as a part of the withdrawal of the Aberdeen suburban service that had been the victim of increasing competition from bus services. After its closure in 1937 the line itself remained open to Ballater until 1966. Pitfodels and Holburn Street stations were only a short distance away. The line has been lifted and this sections forms part of the Deeside Way long-distance footpath.

Infrastructure

The 1867 OS map shows a rural area with a single track line and the station on the north side of the line with a very short platform and a single building.^[4] By 1900 the track here had been doubled and the station consisted of two platforms with a stationmaster's house, a small station building on the northern side of the line and a simple wooden shelter on the southern side with the two connected by a pedestrian bridge. Signals were present but no signalbox is indicated.^[5] By 1953 the line was singled^[3] with the westbound or southern track lifted. The station buildings had been demolished apart from the stationmaster's house.^[6]

A line ran to the East Pitmuxton Siding from near the station, approached from the east.

Services

In 1928 the suburban railway service, with stations at Holburn Street, Ruthrieston, Pitfodels, Cults, West Cults, Murtle, Milltimber and Culter, locally called the 'subbies' started additionally operating Sunday, services 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. It had once been very popular, the journey taking around twenty minutes to go the seven or so miles. The 1894 service of eight trains had doubled in 1900.^[7] Suburban stations were only able to issue passengers tickets to stations served by the suburban train service.^[7]

The site today

The old platform on the north side of the trackbed remains with the trackbed in use as part of the Deeside Way.^[3] The Royal Deeside Railway is located at Milton of Crathes some distance down the line towards Ballater.

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Mills of Drum railway station was opened in September 1853 by the Deeside Railway and served the rural area around Park House and Crathes estates at the Mills of Drum or Drum Mills, corn mills, that lay close to the River Dee. The Deeside Railway was taken over by the GNoSR in the 1860s. Mills of Drum only remained open until 1863 as an intermediate station on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. Mills of Drum station was located in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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 6 Butt 1995, p. 202.
↑ Kincardineshire, 007.02, Surveyed: 1899, Published: 1901
1 2 3 4 Maxtone, Graham (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. p. 9.
↑ https://maps.nls.uk/view/74477970 Aberdeenshire LXXV.14 (Combined) Survey date: 1864 to 1867 Publication date: 1896
↑ Aberdeenshire LXXV.14 (Aberdeen) Publication date: 1901 Revised: 1899 to 1900
↑ NJ9204SW - A - Surveyed/Revised: 1953, Published:1954
1 2 Aberdeen City SMR - NJ90SW0075 - PITFODELS STATION

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.

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Holburn Street Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Deeside Railway		Pitfodels Line and station closed

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[FOOTNOTEButt1995202-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Butt 1995, p. 202.

[no-2] Kincardineshire, 007.02, Surveyed: 1899, Published: 1901

[MX-3] 1 2 3 4 Maxtone, Graham (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. p. 9.

[OS-4] ttps://maps.nls.uk/view/74477970 Aberdeenshire LXXV.14 (Combined) Survey date: 1864 to 1867 Publication date: 1896

[5] Aberdeenshire LXXV.14 (Aberdeen) Publication date: 1901 Revised: 1899 to 1900

[6] NJ9204SW - A - Surveyed/Revised: 1953, Published:1954

[AC-7] 1 2 Aberdeen City SMR - NJ90SW0075 - PITFODELS STATION

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v t e Great North of Scotland Railway
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
Successor railway	London and North Eastern
Heritage railways	Alford Valley Keith and Dufftown Royal Deeside Strathspey
Rail trails	Deeside Way Formartine and Buchan Way
Aberdeen–Inverness line List of Great North of Scotland Railway stations Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway

v t e Settlements and places of interest in Marr, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins
Other settlements	Backburn Bellabeg Birse Birsemore Bogniebrae Brathens Brideswell Cairnie Corgarff Crathie Dinnet Finzean Forgue Gartly Inverey Keig Kennethmont Kildrummy Kincardine O'Neil Kirkton of Tough Logie Coldstone Lost Lumsden Monymusk Potarch Rhynie Ruthven Strachan Strathdon Tillyfourie Tornaveen Towie Tullich Whitehouse Ythanwells
Places of interest	Alford Valley Railway Badenyon Balmoral Castle Blelack Braemar Castle Burn O'Vat Cairn o' Mount Cairngorms National Park Castle Forbes Corgarff Castle Craigievar Castle Crathes Castle Crathie Kirk Forest of Birse Grampian Transport Museum Huntly Castle Kildrummy Castle Lochnagar Royal Deeside Royal Deeside Railway Yonder Bognie Ythan Wells (Glenmailen) Roman Camp

v t e Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City)
in Banff and Buchan	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills
in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield
in Formartine	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
in Garioch	Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill
in Kincardine and Mearns	Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Luthermuir Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven
in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins