St Cyrus railway station
St Cyrus | |
|---|---|
 The site of the station in 2007 | |
| General information | |
| Location | St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°46′28″N 2°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 | Opened |
| 1 October 1951 | 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
- ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 396.
- ^ Grant 2017, p. 387.
- ^ "St Cyrus station on OS 25inch map Kincardineshire XXX.3 (St Cyrus)". National Library of Scotland. 1904. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 470.
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 11.
- ^ McRae 1998, p. 28.
- ^ 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 |
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