Birnie Road Siding
Location type
StationName and dates
Birnie Road Siding (1869-1951)Opened on the Montrose and Bervie Railway.
Description
This was a halt on the line between Montrose and Inverbervie.
The addition of the word 'Road' to a station is not usually a good sign, it probably means the place named is rather distant. The Birnie farms perhaps got off quite lightly, they are under a mile west of this former halt, although uphill from the halt close to the beach.
The short wooden platform was on the west side of the line, just north of a level crossing. There was a siding - on the south side of the station, west side of the line and approached from the south.
The former railway is now a footpath.
Tags
Station halt platformAliases
Birnie RoadExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
09/12/2021
| Nearby stations Brotherton (Private) Johnshaven Gourdon Inverbervie Lauriston St Cyrus Fordoun Laurencekirk North Water Bridge Halt Hillside [NB] Marykirk Drumlithie Craigo Broomfield Dubton | Denfinella Viaduct Inverbervie Shed North Water Bridge Viaduct Hillside Distillery Kinnaber Junction Bervie Water Viaduct Marykirk Viaduct Broomfield Junction Montrose North Junction Montrose Shed [NBR] Tourist/other Brotherton Castle Lauriston Castle Grassic Gibbon Centre Broomfield Aerodrome Scurdie Ness Lighthouse |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1869 | Montrose and Bervie Railway Birnie Road Siding halt opened. |
| 01/10/1951 | Montrose and Bervie Railway Inverbervie to Montrose (Broomfield Junction) closed to passengers. North Water Bridge, St Cyrus, Lauriston, Johnshaven, Birnie Road Siding, Gourdon, Inverbervie closed. |
Books
 The Montrose & Bervie Railway: A Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770-1966 |
