Holburn Street
Location type
StationName and dates
Holburn Street (1894-1937)Opened on the Deeside Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station, the first out of Aberdeen on the Deeside Railway. It was elevated and on the east side of Holburn Street itself. There were no goods facility.
The line was doubled in 1884, before the station opened.
The main station building was on the eastbound platform. A large canopy was added to it. A signal box opened with the station.
The station was closed in 1937 with the withdrawal of the local service. The signal box closed.
The line was singled in 1951, the westbound line being lifted.
The line closed completely in 1967.
The platforms remain and the trackbed is now a footpath. A footbridge has been erected at the former track height over Holburn Street. Deeside Way
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Station footpathExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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01/08/2020
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| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1894 | Great North of Scotland RailwayDeeside Railway Aberdeen suburban service extended to Culter on the Deeside Railway. Holburn Street, Pitfodels and West Cults stations opened. |
