Ladysbridge railway station
Ladysbridge Lady's Bridge | |
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General information | |
Location | Banff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°39′39″N 2°35′10″W / 57.660888°N 2.586143°W |
Grid reference | NJ 6512 6359 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
30 July 1859[1] | Opened as Lady's Bridge |
June 1886[1] | Renamed Ladysbridge |
6 July 1964[1] | Closed to passengers |
1968 | line closed to all traffic |
Ladysbridge railway station was a station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opened as Lady's Bridge railway station in 1859[1] it was renamed Ladysbridge railway station by June 1886.[1] The station was in the Parish of Boyndie close to the Banff County Lunatic Asylum or Ladysbridge Hospital.[2] The line from Tillynaught opened in 1859 and a temporary terminus opened at Banff on 30 July 1859 and a permanent station opened in 1860.[3] There was a single platform.
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Station infrastructure
The station was located on a single line with no passing loop, a wooden ticket office and waiting room and a single siding with a loading dock.[5] In 1928 two sidings, an island loading dock, several goods yard buildings and a weighing machine are shown with an additional building near the ticket office. No signal box is indicated. Two semi-detached station cottages are shown.[6] In 1963 the station was still staffed and signals were present, on the wood faced platform and on the line towards Banff.[7][8]
The old station building served for 30 years as changing rooms at Whitehills before being demolished in 2011.[9] The station site has been redeveloped and nothing remains of the station.
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Ordens Towards Grange |
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Bridgefoot Halt Towards Banff |
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See also
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e Butt (1995), p. 137.
- ^ "Site Record for Ladysbridge Station Details". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015.
- ^ Quick (2009), p. 71.
- ^ Maxtone (2005), p. 80.
- ^ Banffshire, Sheet IV (includes: Banff; Boyndie; Fordyce). Survey date: 1866 Publication date: 1871.
- ^ Banffshire 004.15 (includes: Banff; Boyndie). Publication date: 1930. Revised: ca. 1928/1928.
- ^ Maxtone 2005, p. 70.
- ^ Maxtone 2005, p. 71.
- ^ Banff Journal Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The railways of the Banff & Moray coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN 0-9547346-1-0.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: OCLC 612226077.