RNAS Longside Branch
Introduction
A branch built in the Great War to serve an airship airfield, RNAS Longside, at Lenabo. The airfield was a base for airships used for submarine spotting off the east coast during the Great War. The branch was operated by the Great North of Scotland Railway. The single track branch ran south from Longside station to the airfield. Several locomotives were used within the site.
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This was a two platform station with a passing loop on a single track railway. There was a goods yard at the east end, north side of the line, approached from the east.
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See also
Formartine and Buchan Railway
Brian Haslehust 01/05/1965
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 04/07/1951
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 04/07/1951
This was a Great War airship station (opened 1918) built for defence of shipping by spotting submarines from the air. There were landing sites and storage sheds. It was built for Air Ministry, Royal Flying Corps. It is known as Lenabo Airship Station.
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Ewan Crawford //1999
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Brian Taylor 20/06/2015
Brian Taylor 20/06/2015
