This was a two platform station with a passing loop. The station building still survives on the eastbound platform.
The passenger station was separated from the goods station by a level crossing to its west. The goods station was west of the level crossing. There was a siding on the north side, approached from the east, which served a loading bank.
Signal boxes opened in 1894. The west box was on the south side of the line and on the east side of the road at the level crossing. The east box was at the east end of the westbound platform.
The Monandavan Diatomite Works were to the north, served by a road running north from the station. There may have been a narrow gauge line between the two, certainly there was a line within the works.
The original station had one platform, the later eastbound platform, and a siding to the west, approached from the east.
The east box closed in 1928, replaced by the west box.
The station closed to passengers in February 1966. The box was reduced to a ground frame. The line closed completely in July 1966.
The station building is now in use as an estate office. It presents a single storey to the platform and two storeys to the north. Dinnet and Kinord Estate
Nearby stations Cambus o^ May Aboyne Aboyne Curlers Platform Ballater Dess Lumphanan Torphins Glassel Alford Whitehouse Tillyfourie Dee Street Halt Banchory [2nd] Banchory [1st] West Lodge | Monandavan Diatomite Works Cambus o^ May Ballast Siding Cambus o^ May Suspension Bridge Aboyne Tunnel Milton of Tullich Siding Ballater Shed Bridge of Gairn Tourist/other Dinnet House Cambus o^ May House Tomnaverie Stone Circle Culsh Earth House Dess House Peel Ring of Lumphanan Mount Keen Craigievar Castle |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |
17/10/1866 | Aboyne and Braemar Railway Opened from Aboyne to Ballater with stations at Aboyne, Dinnet and Ballater. |
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. |
23/02/2023 | Former Aberdeenshire railway station building hits the property market [aberdeenlive] |