Parkhill

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Parkhill (1861-1950)

Opened on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.

Description

This was a single platform station, with the platform on the east side. There was a goods yard to the north of the station on the west side, approached from the south. The GNoSR had a sand pit in the goods yard.

Parkhill box opened in 1920. This was located at the north end, platform side of the line.

Parkhill Viaduct is to the south. To the north of the station the line was doubled as far as Elrick Signal Box between 1920 and 1924, used busy periods. The box closed in 1925, replaced with a ground frame.

This double track section was partly built in response to the hugely increased traffic in the Great War, but opened too late to be of real use. It has been described as being only open for one year.

The station closed to passengers in 1950, goods in 1961 and the line closed completely in 1979.

The platform, partly demolished, remains along with a loading bank in the former goods yard and a railway cottage, still in use as a house.

The diverted A947 and Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (Aberdeen bypass) cross the trackbed to the north of the station. The trackbed has been preserved for possible re-opening.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
06/12/2021



Nearby stations
Dyce [1st]
Dyce
Pitmedden
Stoneywood
Bankhead [Aberdeenshire]
Bucksburn
Newmachar
Persley
Kinaldie
Woodside [GNSR]
Don Street
Blackdog (Strabathie Brick Works)
Berryhill (Murcar Golf Club)
Bridge of Don
Kittybrewster [2nd]
Parkhill Viaduct
Raith^s Farm Sidings
Dyce Creosote Works
Dyce Quarries
Stoneywood Paper Works
Bucksburn Viaduct
Twin Spires Creamery
Blackburn [Aberdeenshire Town]
Strabathie Brick Works
Seaton Park
Tourist/other
St Fergus Church - Dyce Symbol Stones
Aberdeen Airport
Elrick Signal Box
Elrick House
Murcar Golf Course
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Automatic tablet exchange


James Manson invented an automatic tablet exchanger. This was tested at Parkhill on the Great North of Scotland Railway. Manson did not patent his invention which was adopted for many single track lines, notably the Highland Railway.


Chronology Dates

18/07/1861Formartine and Buchan Railway
Opened from Dyce (Great North of Scotland Railway) to Old Deer and Mintlaw. Stations opened at Parkhill, Newmachar, Udny, Newburgh Road, Esslemont, Ellon, Arnage, Auchnagatt, Brucklay [1st] and Old Deer and Mintlaw.
  /  /1869Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Parkhill [IandRR] renamed Kildary to save confusion with Parkhill on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.
31/05/1920Formartine and Buchan Railway
Parkhill to Elrick Signal Box doubled.
  /  /1924Formartine and Buchan Railway
Parkhill to Elrick Signal Box begins to be used as single track.
23/10/1925Formartine and Buchan Railway
Elrick Signal Box closed. Formal singling between Parkhill and Elrick Signal Box.
23/10/1925Formartine and Buchan Railway
Parkhill loop and box closed.
04/04/1950Formartine and Buchan Railway
Parkhill closed.

Books


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