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Boddam Branch

Dates

/ /1895	Formartine and Buchan Railway Ellon rebuilt for Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) opening.
02/08/1897	Great North of Scotland Railway Boddam Branch opened to passengers.
02/08/1897	Formartine and Buchan Railway Ellon becomes a junction on the Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) opened.
/06/1899	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Cruden Bay Hotel and Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway (Great North of Scotland Railway) opened.
31/10/1932	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Boddam to Ellon and Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway (Great North of Scotland Railway) closed to passengers.
31/10/1932	Formartine and Buchan Railway Boddam Branch closed to passengers.
/ /1941	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway (Great North of Scotland Railway) closed to all traffic.
/ /1945	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Line closed completely. Stations used as railway offices.
/ /1945	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Entire line occupied by wagons awaiting repair.
/ /1945	Formartine and Buchan Railway Boddam Branch closed to freight and used for wagon storage before dismantling.
/ /1947	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Cruden Bay Hotel demolished from 1947 to 1952. Remains used to build Charles Alexander's house at Bush near Montrose.
31/12/1948	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Boddam to Ellon officially closed.
/ /1950	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Track lifted.
/ /1980	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Narrow-gauge Port Erroll Narrow Gauge Railway (near the former Cruden Bay station) opened.
/ /1984	Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Port Erroll Narrow Gauge Railway track moved to the former Banff station site to become the West Buchan Railway.