Aberdeen Guild Street Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Aberdeen Guild Street Goods (1850-2008)Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.
Description
This goods yard was on the east side of Aberdeen Guild Street station, the northern terminus of the Aberdeen Railway.
The goods depot was connected with the Aberdeen docks, several lines running east over Market Street to Aberdeen Victoria Dock and Aberdeen Albert Basin.
After replacement of Aberdeen Guild Street by Aberdeen Joint the former terminus site became a large goods shed.
The Deeside Goods of the Deeside Railway was absorbed into the depot. This was located on the east side of the Guild Street goods yard.
The yard closed in 2008. It was replaced by
Aberdeen Waterloo
Craiginches Yard
Raith Farm Sidings
Tags
Goods;freightlinerAliases
Aberdeen Freightliner Depot06/08/2020
Chronology Dates
| /02/1998 | Aberdeen Railway Proposed re-development of Aberdeen Guild Street Goods and the bus station. |
| /12/2001 | Aberdeen Railway English, Welsh and Scottish Railway spends £110,000 building an express parcels depot - a building and canopy covered loading platform for forklifts - at Aberdeen Guild Street Goods. A service to Walsall is already in operation and it is hoped to introduce a further service to London after the Tay Bridge has been upgraded. |
| /11/2002 | Aberdeen Railway Aberdeen Guild Street Goods shed demolished. |
News items
| 28/11/2002 | Aberdeen Guild Street Goods Shed Demolition |
