Esslemont
Location type
StationName and dates
Esslemont (1861-1952)Opened on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station for much of its existence, a loop and second platform being added in 1919 - although this loop was only used in busy seasons. The station was around 1 km south east of Esslemont itself.
There was a goods yard at the south end, west side of the line, approached from the south.
The loop was short lived and was taken out in 1925. The station closed in 1952 and the line in 1979.
The station building remains intact, in use as a house. The northbound platform is largely intact and the southbound less so and overgrown.
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 Logierieve Ellon Udny Auchmacoy Arnage Newmachar Pitlurg Auchnagatt Oldmeldrum Hatton [GNSR] Parkhill Blackdog (Strabathie Brick Works) Pitmedden Fingask Halt Dyce [1st] | Ythan Viaduct Strabathie Brick Works Parkhill Viaduct Raith^s Farm Sidings Tourist/other Pitmeddan Garden Tolquhon Castle Auchmacoy House River Ythan Tarves Tomb Arnage Castle Haddo House Elrick Signal Box Elrick House St Fergus Church - Dyce Symbol Stones Cruden Bay Hotel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 18/07/1861 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Opened from Dyce (Great North of Scotland Railway) to Old Deer and Mintlaw. Stations opened at Parkhill, Newmachar, Udny, Newburgh Road, Esslemont, Ellon, Arnage, Auchnagatt, Brucklay [1st] and Old Deer and Mintlaw. |
| 03/08/1919 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Esslemont loop opened. |
| / /1925 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Esslemont loop and Up platform closed. |
| 15/09/1952 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Esslemont closed. |
Books
 Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |
