Bankhead [Aberdeenshire]
Location type
StationName and dates
Bankhead [Aberdeenshire] (1887-1937)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Great North of Scotland Railway.Description
This was a two platform suburban station in Aberdeen. There were buildings on each platform. There were no goods facilities.
Before the station opened in 1887 the line was doubled from Kittybrewster Junction to Dyce in 1861.
The station closed in 1937 with the withdrawal of local trains,
The line was singled between Aberdeen and Dyce in 1971.
A single line remains in use here. The site is passed to the east by the busy A947 dual carriageway.
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StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Bucksburn Stoneywood Persley Dyce Woodside [GNSR] Dyce [1st] Don Street Parkhill Kittybrewster [2nd] Kittybrewster [1st] Aberdeen Kittybrewster Hutcheon Street Bridge of Don Pitmedden Schoolhill | Bucksburn Viaduct Stoneywood Paper Works Twin Spires Creamery Dyce Creosote Works Parkhill Viaduct Raith^s Farm Sidings Dyce Quarries Kittybrewster Junction Kittybrewster Yard Kittybrewster MPD Kittybrewster Works Kittybrewster Goods Seaton Park Norco Butchers Factory Tourist/other Aberdeen Airport |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
