Lauriston
Location type
StationName and dates
Lauriston (1865-1951)Opened on the Montrose and Bervie Railway.
Description
This station was located at Bush, south of Lauriston Castle. The station had a passing loop, two slightly staggered platforms (the west/southbound platform being slightly to the east) and a goods yard at the east end of the station, on the north side of the line approached from the west. The signal box (1893) was at the east end of the westbound platform.
The signal box closed in 1927, replaced with a ground frame. The station closed in 1951 and the line closed altogether in 1966.
The station site is now a caravan park. A railway cottage, which stood immediately to the northeast of the station building, remains standing.
Charles Alexander, of Charles Alexander Transport, built his house at Bush using the stone taken from the demolition of Cruden Bay Hotel.
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 St Cyrus Johnshaven Brotherton (Private) North Water Bridge Halt Birnie Road Siding Hillside [NB] Craigo Laurencekirk Marykirk Broomfield Dubton Gourdon Montrose Montrose [CR] Inverbervie | Denfinella Viaduct North Water Bridge Viaduct Hillside Distillery Kinnaber Junction Marykirk Viaduct Broomfield Junction Montrose North Junction Puggieston Siding Puggieston Brick and Tile Works Montrose Shed [NBR] Montrose [CR] Timber Yard Tourist/other Lauriston Castle Brotherton Castle Broomfield Aerodrome Scurdie Ness Lighthouse |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/11/1865 | Montrose and Bervie Railway Line opened with stations at Broomfield, St Cyrus, Lauriston, Johnshaven, Gourdon, Bervie. |
| 01/10/1951 | Montrose and Bervie Railway Inverbervie to Montrose (Broomfield Junction) closed to passengers. North Water Bridge, St Cyrus, Lauriston, Johnshaven, Birnie Road Siding, Gourdon, Inverbervie closed. |
Books
 The Montrose & Bervie Railway: A Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770-1966 |
