West Cults

Location type

Station

Name and dates

West Cults (1894-1937)

Opened on the Deeside Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station served by the GNoSR's suburban service on the Deeside line. The main station building was on the eastbound platform.

The line was doubled in 1892.

The station closed in 1937 with the withdrawal of the suburban service.

The line was singled in 1951, the eastbound line being retained.

The line closed completely in 1967.

One platform remains. The railway is now a footpath and a replacement bridge - a footbridge - has been provided at east end.

Eastern Cults was served by Pitfodels station.

Tags

Station footpath

External links

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


Chronology Dates

  /  /1894Great North of Scotland RailwayDeeside Railway
Aberdeen suburban service extended to Culter on the Deeside Railway. Holburn Street, Pitfodels and West Cults stations opened.
  /  /1937Deeside Railway Aberdeen Joint (Caledonian Railway) Denburn Valley Line (Great North of Scotland Railway) Great North of Scotland Railway
Local Aberdeen Suburban service withdrawn. Deeside - Millitimber, Murtle, Bieldside, West Cults, Pitfodels Halt, Ruthrieston, Holborn Street closed. Denburn - Schoolhill and Hutcheon Street closed. GNSR main line - Don Street, Woodside, Persley Halt, Bankhead, Stoneywood closed.

Books


A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway

Deeside Line: The North-east's Royal Railway

Great North of Scotland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands, vol. 3)

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Great North of Scotland Railway v. 3

Royal Deeside's Railway: Aberdeen to Ballater

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

The Great North of Scotland Railway - A New History