Cambus o' May
Location type
StationName and dates
Cambus o' May (1876-1966)Opened on the Aboyne and Braemar Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station. The platform, on the north side of the line, survives as does the station building. To the east was a loading bank on the north side of the line reached by a headshunt which was approached from the west. This headshunt continued over a level crossing as Cambus o' May Ballast Siding.
To the west a pedestrian suspension bridge, Cambus o' May Suspension Bridge, dating from 1905 by James Abernethy and Co., crosses the River Dee.
The station and line closed in 1966.
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Station footpathAliases
Cambus O^ MayExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
03/12/2021
| Nearby stations Dinnet Ballater Aboyne Aboyne Curlers Platform Dess Lumphanan Torphins Glassel Alford Whitehouse Tillyfourie Dee Street Halt Banchory [2nd] Banchory [1st] West Lodge | Cambus o^ May Suspension Bridge Cambus o^ May Ballast Siding Milton of Tullich Siding Ballater Shed Monandavan Diatomite Works Bridge of Gairn Aboyne Tunnel Tourist/other Cambus o^ May House Dinnet House Tomnaverie Stone Circle Mount Keen Culsh Earth House Dess House Peel Ring of Lumphanan Balmoral Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1878 | Aboyne and Braemar Railway Cambus O' May opened. |
| 28/02/1966 | Deeside Railway
Deeside Extension Railway
Aboyne and Braemar Railway Ballater, Cambus O' May, Dinnet, Aboyne, Dess, Lumphanan, Torphins, Glassel, Dee Street Halt, Banchory [2nd], Crathes, Park, Culter and Cults closed to passengers. |
