Cove Bay
Location type
StationNames and dates
Cove (1850-1912)Cove Bay (1912-1956)
Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the southbound platform, the village side of the station. The buildings were replaced with new larger buildings on both platforms. These were of Caledonian Railway turn of the century design.
There was a small goods yard to the north, east side of the line, approached from the south. The signal box was on the west side of the line opposite the goods yard.
The station closed to passengers in 1956 and the box closed in 1975.
To the south the Cove Quarries and Black Hill Quarries were on either side of the railway. The Aberdeen Fish Meal Factory opened here on the east side of the line. It was served by one of a pair of sidings on the east side, approached from the south. The eastern of the two sidings was a headshunt for the works.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Aberdeen Ferryhill Holburn Street Ruthrieston Aberdeen Aberdeen Guild Street Portlethen Pitfodels Halt Aberdeen Waterloo Schoolhill Cults Hutcheon Street West Cults Aberdeen Kittybrewster Kittybrewster [1st] Kittybrewster [2nd] | Aberdeen Fish Meal Factory Craiginches Yard Craiginches Iron Works Craiginches Saw Mill Craiginches North Sidings Dee Viaduct Duthie Park Ferryhill Shed [1st] Ferryhill MPD Ferryhill Junction Ferryhill Foundry Pitmuxton Siding Broomhill Siding Ruthrieston Brick Works Tourist/other Devanha Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/04/1850 | Aberdeen Railway Aberdeen Ferryhill opened, with the extension of the line north from Portlethen. New stations at Cove and Aberdeen Ferryhill. |
| 01/10/1912 | Aberdeen Railway Cove renamed Cove Bay. |
| 11/06/1956 | Aberdeen Railway Carmont, Cove Bay, Newtonhill and Portlethen closed. |
