Monymusk railway station
Appearance
Monymusk | |
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![]() Dismantled railway neer the site of the station in 2007 | |
General information | |
Location | Monymusk, Aberdeenshire Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°13′02″N 2°31′20″W / 57.2172°N 2.5223°W |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Alford Valley Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
25 March 1859 | Opened[1] |
2 January 1950 | Closed[1] |
Monymusk railway station was a station on the Alford Valley Railway in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire,[2] Scotland. The station opened on 25 March 1859 and closed on 2 January 1950.
Monymusk was an intermediate station on the Alford branch of the Great North of Scotland Railway.[3] It was a single platform station.[4] In the course of its operations, it was grouped into the London and North-Eastern Railway. Subsequently, it was closed to regular passenger traffic on 2 January, 1950.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Tillyfourie Line and station closed |
Great North of Scotland Railway Alford Valley Railway |
Kemnay Line and station closed |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Butt (1995), page 162
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38
- ^ "Monymusk Station | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Monymusk - RAILSCOT". railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
Sources
[edit]- 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.