Cairnbulg
Location type
StationName and dates
Cairnbulg (1903-1965)Opened on the St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway).
Description
This was a single platform station with a loop and a goods yard at the west end, approached from the west.
The loop was removed before closure.
A station cottage remains as does a loading bank. The platform site is partly in use as a road.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations St Combs Philorth Bridge Halt Philorth Halt Rathen Kirkton Bridge Halt Fraserburgh Lonmay Mormond Halt Strichen Longside Mintlaw Newseat Halt Pitfour Curling Club Platform Brucklay [2nd] Inverugie | Philorth Bridge Fraserburgh Harbour Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Works Fraserburgh Shed James Noble (Fraserburgh) Ltd Sandhaven Meal Mill Sandhaven Shipyard Lonmay Ballast Pit Tourist/other Cairnbulg Castle Philorth House Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse and Museum Memsie Cairn Sandhaven Harbour Rosehearty Harbour Strichen House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/05/1903 | St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) Line opened from Fraserburgh (Formartine and Buchan Railway) to St Combs. Stations opened at: Philorth Bridge, Cairnbulg and St Combs. |
| 04/05/1965 | Formartine and Buchan Railway St Combs Light Railway closed completely. Kirkton Bridge Halt, Philorth Bridge, Cairnbulg and St Combs closed. |
News items
| 09/04/2022 | Community champions to create £750,000 path along old railway line from Cairnbulg to Fraserburgh [Press and Journal] |
