St Combs

Location type

Station

Name and dates

St Combs (1903-1965)

Opened on the St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway).

Description

This terminus was a single platform station with a loop to release locomotives. There was a goods siding on the east side. The loop was lifted before the end.

Tags

Station terminus

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67


Chronology Dates

  /  /1903Great North of Scotland Railway Alford Valley Railway Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway Morayshire Railway St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)
Railcars used on the Alford, Old Meldrum, Lossiemouth and St Combs lines. Bodies for these experimental railcars were built at the Inverurie Works, the steam engines were by Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co and the boilers by Cochran's Boiler Works.
01/05/1903St 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.
07/11/1960St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)
St Combs to Fraserburgh closed to freight.
04/05/1965St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)
St Combs to Fraserburgh closed to passengers. (Alternative date 3/5/1964).
04/05/1965Formartine and Buchan Railway
St Combs Light Railway closed completely. Kirkton Bridge Halt, Philorth Bridge, Cairnbulg and St Combs closed.