Pitcaple
Location type
StationName and dates
Pitcaple (1854-1968)Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Great North of Scotland Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station. The station building on the eastbound platform survives long after closure of the station. The signal box, at the east end of the westbound platform, survived long after its closure, demolished in the 2000s. The line has been slewed to midway between the platforms.
The goods yard was on a cramped site between the line and the main road, immediately to the north and at the east end of the station.
The line was originally single track and the eastbound platform was the first platform with the second line and platform added to the south.
The line was doubled in 1888 between Inveramsay and Insch. The signal box opened.
The signal box was replaced with a ground frame in 1952.
The station closed to passengers in 1968.
The line was singled between Inverurie and Insch in 1969.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Inveramsay Wartle Lethenty Oyne Fingask Halt Buchanstone Inverurie Inverurie [1st] Oldmeldrum Port Elphinstone Kemnay Insch Rothienorman Kintore Kintore [1st] | Lethenty Mill Inverurie Works Port Elphinstone Goods Don Viaduct Port Elphinstone Mills Paradise Siding Paradise Quarries Inverurie Paper Mill Tourist/other Maiden Stone Loanhead Stone Circle Brandsbutt Stone East Aquhorthies Stone Circle Bruce^s Camp Port Elphinstone Ground Frame Fetternear House and Bishop^s Palace |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 20/09/1854 | Great North of Scotland Railway Huntly to Aberdeen Kittybrewster opened to passengers. Stations at: Aberdeen Kittybrewster, Buxsburn, Dyce [1st], Kintore [1st], Inverurie [1st], Pitcaple, Oyne, Insch, Kennethmont, Gartly, Huntly. |
