Date: 22/05/2015

Aberdeenshire Council will rebuild a historic royal railway station destroyed in a fire. The emergency services were called to the Old Royal Station in Ballater in the early hours of May 12. The blaze destroyed three quarters of the building, which included shops, a museum and a restaurant. An investigation into the cause of the fire is under way. [From Drew McLelland]

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General view of Ballater station on the Royal Deeside line in July 1962. The line closed in 1966 and the refurbished station building has since become a visitor centre and museum. The next train for Aberdeen stands at the platform.
Location: Ballater
Company: Aboyne and Braemar Railway
07/07/1962 R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Approach to the boarded up Ballater station in 1974.
Location: Ballater
Company: Aboyne and Braemar Railway
//1974 Colin Miller

Restored main entrance to the former Ballater Station, June 2009.
Location: Ballater
Company: Aboyne and Braemar Railway
26/06/2009 David Pesterfield