Inverugie
Location type
StationName and dates
Inverugie (1862-1965)Opened on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station on the north side of the line. There was a single storey station building.
The station had a siding at the east end on the north side of the line, approached from the east. this served a loading bank.
To the east of the station building was the signal box. This was officially only open in 1894, however it remained as a covered ground frame for the siding.
The station closed to passengers in 1965. The line closed altogether in 1970.
The trackbed is now a walkway.
Nearby Peterhead was probably known as Inbhir �?igidh in Gaelic.
Local
Tags
Station footpathExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
Facilities
Gaelic name: Inbhir Ùigidh
| Nearby stations Newseat Halt Peterhead Longside Boddam Longhaven Bullers O^ Buchan Halt Cruden Bay Mintlaw Hatton [GNSR] Pitfour Curling Club Platform Abbey of Deer Halt Lonmay Mormond Halt Pitlurg St Combs | Peterhead Shed Crosse and Blackwell [Peterhead] Livingston and Co Shipyard A and J Buchan Boatyard Peterhead Harbour Shipyard Ugie Viaduct HM Prison Peterhead Peterhead North Harbour Boatyard Peterhead Southern Breakwater Peterhead Northern Breakwater Peterhead Power Station Stirling Hill Quarry Tourist/other Peterhead Bay RNAS Longside |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 03/07/1862 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Old Deer and Mintlaw to Peterhead opened. Stations opened at Longside, Newseat, Inverugie, Peterhead. |
| / /1894 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Inverugie loop removed. |
| 04/05/1965 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Peterhead to Maud junction closed to passengers. (Alternative date 3/5/1965). Peterhead, Inverugie, Newseat Halt, Longside and Mintlaw closed. |
Books
 Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |
