Milltimber [1st]

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Milltimber [1st] (1854-1892)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Deeside Railway.

Description

This was a single platform station on the north side of the single track line. The platform was directly south of the goods sidings which remained here with the station moved west to Milltimber [2nd], probably around the time of track doubling in 1892.

The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route cuts through the trackbed directly west of the station and its goods yard. No attempt to protect the trackbed was made.

Tags

Station footpath

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map

Nearby stations
Milltimber [2nd]
Culter [2nd]
Culter [1st]
Murtle
Bieldside
West Cults
Cults
Drum
Pitfodels Halt
Park
Ruthrieston
Portlethen
Holburn Street
Aberdeen Ferryhill
Newtonhill
Culter Paper Mill
Broomhill Siding
Ruthrieston Brick Works
Pitmuxton Siding
Duthie Park
Elsick Viaduct
Ferryhill MPD
Ferryhill Shed [1st]
Dee Viaduct
Tourist/other
Murtle House
Ardoe House
Drum Castle
Cullerlie Stone Circle
Park House
Ferryhill House
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway

Deeside Line: The North-east's Royal Railway

Great North of Scotland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands, vol. 3)

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Great North of Scotland Railway v. 3

Royal Deeside's Railway: Aberdeen to Ballater

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

The Great North of Scotland Railway - A New History