Udny
Location type
StationName and dates
Udny (1861-1965)Opened on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station with a passing loop. The main station building, of one storey, was on the southbound platform.
The goods yard, with a goods shed close to the station building, was on the east side, approached from the south.
Platforms remain but the buildings are gone. Houses now occupy the goods yard.
From 1904 the Great North of Scotland Railway ran a connecting bus to Methlick via Tarves and Keithfield.
The loop was quite long with a north and south box, dating from 1890. The north box's signals were taken over by the south box in 1901.
The station closed to passengers in 1965.
The boxes closed in 1966. The line closed in 1979.
The next station north was Logierevie and the next south was Newmachar.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Logierieve Newmachar Esslemont Ellon Parkhill Pitmedden Oldmeldrum Dyce [1st] Auchmacoy Blackdog (Strabathie Brick Works) Dyce Kinaldie Arnage Berryhill (Murcar Golf Club) Fingask Halt | Ythan Viaduct Parkhill Viaduct Raith^s Farm Sidings Dyce Creosote Works Dyce Quarries Strabathie Brick Works Tourist/other Pitmeddan Garden Tolquhon Castle Elrick House Elrick Signal Box Tarves Tomb St Fergus Church - Dyce Symbol Stones River Ythan Auchmacoy House Haddo House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 18/07/1861 | Formartine 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. |
| 16/12/1901 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Udny North signal box closed. |
| 02/10/1965 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh to Dyce junction closed to passengers. (Alternative date 4/10/1965). Fraserburgh, Rathen, Mormond Halt, Strichen, Brucklay [2nd], Maud, Arnage, Ellon, Logierieve, Udny and Newmachar closed. |
| 27/06/1966 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Udny South signal box closed |
Books
 Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |
