Cairnbulg

Location type

Station

Name 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

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map




Chronology Dates

01/05/1903St 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.
04/05/1965Formartine and Buchan Railway
St Combs Light Railway closed completely. Kirkton Bridge Halt, Philorth Bridge, Cairnbulg and St Combs closed.

News items

09/04/2022Community champions to create £750,000 path along old railway line from Cairnbulg to Fraserburgh [Press and Journal]