Dess
Location type
StationName and dates
Dess (1859-1966)Opened on the Deeside Extension Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station.
There was a loading bank opposite the passenger platform with a siding approached from the east.
The station and line closed in 1966.
The station, typical of this portion of the line, remains in use as a house. Dess, Lumphannan, Torphins and Glassel were built to the same design.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Aboyne Curlers Platform Aboyne Lumphanan Torphins Glassel Dinnet Dee Street Halt Tillyfourie Cambus o^ May Banchory [2nd] Banchory [1st] Alford Whitehouse West Lodge Crathes Castle Platform | Aboyne Tunnel Beltie Burn Viaduct Monandavan Diatomite Works Correnie Quarry Cambus o^ May Ballast Siding Tillyfourie Quarry Cambus o^ May Suspension Bridge Banchory Shed [2nd] Tourist/other Dess House Peel Ring of Lumphanan Culsh Earth House Tomnaverie Stone Circle Craigievar Castle Dinnet House Cambus o^ May House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 02/12/1859 | Deeside Extension Railway Railway opened. Stations at Banchory [2nd], Glassel, Torphins, Dess and Aboyne. |
| 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. |
