Philorth Bridge
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Philorth Bridge (1903-1965)Description
This was a single track girder bridge of which only the piers remain. Philorth Bridge Halt was to the immediate east.
Tags
ViaductExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
03/06/2018
| Nearby stations Philorth Bridge Halt Philorth Halt Kirkton Bridge Halt Rathen Cairnbulg Fraserburgh St Combs Lonmay Mormond Halt Strichen Mintlaw Pitfour Curling Club Platform Longside Brucklay [2nd] Abbey of Deer Halt | Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Works Fraserburgh Harbour Fraserburgh Shed James Noble (Fraserburgh) Ltd Sandhaven Meal Mill Sandhaven Shipyard Lonmay Ballast Pit Middlemuir Peat Works Tourist/other Cairnbulg Castle Philorth House Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse and Museum Memsie Cairn Sandhaven Harbour Rosehearty Harbour Strichen House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/05/1903 | St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) Line opened from Fraserburgh (Formartine and Buchan Railway) to St Combs. Stations opened at: Philorth Bridge, Cairnbulg and St Combs. |
| 04/05/1965 | Formartine and Buchan Railway St Combs Light Railway closed completely. Kirkton Bridge Halt, Philorth Bridge, Cairnbulg and St Combs closed. |
