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This was the terminus of the Great North of Scotland Railway on extension from Kittybrewster Junction to the Waterloo Quay in Aberdeen. The extension followed the course of the former Aberdeenshire Canal.

The passenger station was in the west of the site with three platforms (two bays on the west side and a longer platform on the east side - the eastern platform's two faces surviving until the 1960s). There was an overall roof at the buffer end. There was a carriage shed to the north of the site, beyond Castle Terrace. The entrance to the station was from a small square off Regent Quay. To the south of the station building, on Waterloo Quay, were the GNSR company offices.

The goods lines were to the east, with one continuing to the quayside itself. A goods shed was provided. There was no locomotive turntable, probably due to the proximity of Kittybrewster Shed.

There was access by turnplates from the goods sidings to a tramway which ran to Aberdeen Guild Street. This was not suitable for upgrading to a railway and the Denburn Valley Line was developed to connect the two Aberdeen railway systems together, leading to the demise of both Waterloo and Guild Street termini.

There was a signal box in the far north of the site, south of Albion Street. The box was between the carriage shed (west) and running lines.

The box survived until 1966.

In the 1970s the yard became largely used by British Steel for pipe traffic.

Today the site remains as a a freight yard. Sidings were relaid with the closure of Aberdeen Guild Street Goods.

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