Murtle
Location type
StationName and dates
Murtle (1853-1937)Opened on the Deeside Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station with a siding approached by reversal from the eastbound line. The main station building was on the eastbound platform.
Originally the station was a single platform, the later eastbound platform.
A signal box opened in 1888. This was towards the west end of the westbound platform.
The line was doubled in 1892.
The station closed to passengers in 1937, the withdrawal of local trains. The signal box closed.
The line was singled in 1951, the westbound line being lifted.
The line closed completely in 1967.
The platforms remain, the eastbound in better condition than the westbound. The timber station building still stands.
When opened there was little development in the area, but Murtle House was to the south. There has house building to the north to both east and west since closure.
Tags
Station footpathExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Bieldside Milltimber [2nd] Milltimber [1st] West Cults Cults Culter [2nd] Culter [1st] Pitfodels Halt Ruthrieston Holburn Street Drum Portlethen Aberdeen Ferryhill Aberdeen Schoolhill | Culter Paper Mill Broomhill Siding Ruthrieston Brick Works Pitmuxton Siding Duthie Park Ferryhill MPD Ferryhill Shed [1st] Dee Viaduct Craiginches North Sidings Ferryhill Junction Craiginches Saw Mill Tourist/other Murtle House Ardoe House Ferryhill House Devanha Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 07/09/1853 | Deeside Railway Line opened from Aberdeen [Ferryhill] to Banchory [1st]. Stations at : Cults, Murtle, Culter, Park, Mills of Drum, the private Crathes Castle Platform, and Banchory. |
| 13/07/1892 | Deeside Railway Doubled from Cults to Murtle. |
| 24/09/1892 | Deeside Railway Murtle to Culter [2nd] doubled. |
| / /1937 | Deeside Railway
Aberdeen Joint (Caledonian Railway)
Denburn Valley Line (Great North of Scotland Railway)
Great North of Scotland Railway Local Aberdeen Suburban service withdrawn. Deeside - Millitimber, Murtle, Bieldside, West Cults, Pitfodels Halt, Ruthrieston, Holborn Street closed. Denburn - Schoolhill and Hutcheon Street closed. GNSR main line - Don Street, Woodside, Persley Halt, Bankhead, Stoneywood closed. |
| / /1951 | Deeside Railway Line singled from Park to Culter, Murtle, Cults and Ferryhill Junction. Drum station and signal box closed. |
