Culter [1st]
Location type
StationName and dates
Culter [1st] (1853-1892)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Deeside Railway.Description
This was a single platform station. The platform was on the north side of the single track line with a goods yard at the east end, approached from the east. A branch to Culter Paper Mill also ran from the goods yard.
Culter station opened at an undeveloped site close to Culter Paper Mill in 1853. To the south was Peter's Chapel. The town of Peterculter developed around the station and mill.
The station was replaced by another further east, Culter [2nd], when the line to the east was doubled in 1892.
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Culter [2nd] Milltimber [1st] Milltimber [2nd] Drum Murtle Bieldside Park West Cults Cults Pitfodels Halt Mills of Drum Portlethen Ruthrieston Newtonhill Crathes | Culter Paper Mill Broomhill Siding Ruthrieston Brick Works Elsick Viaduct Durris Bridge [1st] Crathes Gravel Pit Pitmuxton Siding Muchalls Viaduct Duthie Park Ferryhill MPD Tourist/other Murtle House Drum Castle Ardoe House Park House Cullerlie Stone Circle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
