RAILSCOT | Newtonhill

Newtonhill

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Newtonhill (1851-1956)

Station code: NWH National Rail
Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station. A signal box on the west side of the line remained until April 2019. The site is now controlled from Aberdeen.

There were sidings on both sides of the line, approached from the south.

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
08/05/2019

Nearby stations Muchalls Portlethen Limpet Mill Cove Bay Stonehaven Murtle Bieldside West Cults Milltimber [2nd] Milltimber [1st] Cults Culter [2nd] Pitfodels Halt Culter [1st] Ruthrieston	Elsick Viaduct Muchalls Viaduct Muchalls Mill Viaduct Limpet Corn Mill Den of Cowie Viaduct Glenury Viaduct Aberdeen Fish Meal Factory Fetteresso Viaduct Culter Paper Mill Broomhill Siding Tourist/other Glenury Royal Distillery Ardoe House Murtle House Dunnottar Castle Fetteresso Castle
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1851	Aberdeen Railway Craigo and Newtonhill opened.
11/06/1956	Aberdeen Railway Carmont, Cove Bay, Newtonhill and Portlethen closed.
/ /2005	Aberdeen Railway In excess of 96% of those surveyed in Newtonhill support re-opening of the station.
/04/2010	Aberdeen Railway Following the success of re-opening Laurencekirk, Muchalls and Cammachmore Community Council appeals for re-opening of Newtonhill station.
/07/2011	Aberdeen Railway A petition to Transport Secretary Keith Brown signed by nearly half the residents of Newtonhill ask for the station's re-opening.

News items

01/11/2023	Petition to reopen former railway stations reaches almost 1,500 signatures [Scotsman]
21/07/2023	More than 1,000 people sign petition to reopen Cove and Newtonhill stations [Press and Journal]
28/06/2023	Petition launched to reopen Cove and Newtonhill railway stations [Scotsman]
27/04/2023	'Just get a move on': Cove Rangers chairman urges progress on Cove and Newtonhill railway stations [Press and Journal]
28/09/2021	Public asked for feedback on travelling between Aberdeen and Laurencekirk [Mearns Leader]
20/09/2021	Do you want new railway platforms at Cove, Altens and Newtonhill? Time to have your say [Evening Express]
20/04/2021	Call for Scottish Government to consider £200 million north-east rail improvements an urgent priority [Evening Express]
05/04/2021	Call for findings into north-east stations to be published [Evening Express]
24/11/2020	North-east train stations prime contenders for reopening as Scottish Conservatives pledge review of 1960s Beeching railway cuts [Press and Journal]
05/07/2012	Expansion of railway in north-east back on track [Press and Journal]