Ellon railway station

Ellon
Ellon
	Site of the station in 1997
General information
Location	Ellon, Aberdeenshire ; Scotland
Coordinates	57°22′05″N2°05′06″W / 57.368°N 2.085°W
Grid reference	NJ950308
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Formartine and Buchan Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
18 July 1861	Opened as Ellon for Cruden
2 August 1897	Renamed
4 October 1965	Closed

Last updated December 08, 2023

Ellon railway station was a railway station in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^[2]

History

Ellon Railway Station (originally Ellon for Cruden) was situated on the Formartine and Buchan Railway, which ran from Peterhead/Fraserburgh to Dyce (where it connected to the Great North of Scotland Railway to Aberdeen).

A few years after opening, Ellon Station became a junction station for the Boddam branch line, which ran to Boddam via Cruden Bay. In its heyday the station had three platforms, two for the main line and one for the Boddam Branch. There was also a substantial goods yard. The branch line closed in 1932, and was used to store wagons until the track was lifted in 1950.

The station is situated in Auchterellon, about 1 mile from the town centre.

Ellon survived until 1965, when passenger services were withdrawn from the Formartine and Buchan Railway due to the Beeching Axe. The line was closed to freight in 1978, with the tracks being lifted soon afterwards.

The station today

The trackbed of the main line was initially preserved, before becoming the Formartine and Buchan Way, a long-distance cycle path. At the station site itself, no buildings survive, however the platforms and base of the water tower are still extant. A council depot was built on the former Goods Yard. The bridge over station road has been removed to the south, with the abutments being converted to allow graded access to cross the road.

As the Boddam Branch closed in 1932, with the track being lifted much earlier, most of the branch line within Ellon has been built on, by housing along Hospital Road, and the A948 Ellon Northern Bypass in 2001. However some of the trackbed is still visible from Golf Road, next to the McDonald Parklands housing estate.

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References

1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 90.
↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Esslemont Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway		Arnage Line and station closed
Terminus		Great North of Scotland Railway Boddam branch line		Auchmacoy Line and station closed

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.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

RAILSCOT on Formartine and Buchan Railway

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[FOOTNOTEButt199590-1] 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 90.

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

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