Udny railway station

Udny
The site of the station in 2012
General information
Location	Udny, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57.310°N 2.156°W / 57.310; -2.156
Platforms	2
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[1]
4 October 1965	Closed[1]

Udny railway station was a railway station located in Udny, Aberdeenshire.[2]

History

The station was opened on 18 July 1861 by the Formartine and Buchan Railway. On the southbound platform was the station building and on the east side was the goods yard, which also had a goods shed. There were two signal boxes, one to the north and one to the south. They both opened in 1890 but the north box closed in 1901 with the control going to the south box. The station closed on 4 October 1965.[3]

References

1. Butt (1995), p. 237
2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p. 38
3. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 432. OCLC 931112387.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Newmachar Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway		Logierieve 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• RAILSCOT on Formartine and Buchan Railway