St Cyrus railway station

St Cyrus
The site of the station in 2007
General information
Location	St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	56°46′28″N2°24′54″W / 56.7744°N 2.4149°W / 56.7744; -2.4149
Grid reference	NO747648
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Montrose and Bervie Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1865 (1865-11-01)	Opened
1 October 1951 (1951-10-01)	Closed

St Cyrus railway station served the village of St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland from 1865 to 1951.

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1865 by the Montrose and Bervie Railway. ^{[1] [2]}

The goods yard was to the west of the line and slightly south of the station. ^[3] It had a loop, a goods shed and a 15 hundredweight (1,700 lb) crane. The yard was able to accommodate livestock. ^[4]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach in 1935 and possibly one for some of 1934, then it hosted two coaches from 1936 to 1939. ^[5] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1957 to 1963. ^[6]

The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic when the line closed to passengers on 1 October 1951. ^[1] The line closed for goods traffic on 23 May 1966. ^[7]

References

1. Quick 2022, p. 396.
2. Grant 2017, p. 387.
3. "St Cyrus station on OS 25inch map Kincardineshire XXX.3 (St Cyrus)". National Library of Scotland. 1904. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
4. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 470.
5. McRae 1997, p. 11.
6. McRae 1998, p. 28.
7. Hurst 1992, pp. 6 & 44 (refs 0246 & 1997).

Bibliography

• Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.

External links

• St Cyrus at Railscot
• St Cyrus at Canmore

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
North Water Bridge Halt Line and station closed		Scottish North Eastern Railway Montrose and Bervie Railway		Lauriston Line and station closed