Date: 27/07/2017

Proposals to reintroduce the Buchan railway from Aberdeen to Peterhead and Fraserburgh have been given a boost with the SNP pledging to debate the idea at its party conference. The original Formartine and Buchan line closed in 1979 after more than a century of service between the two north-east ports and the city. The route was scrapped as part of the controversial Beeching closures. Reintroducing the track to the towns which are the furthest from the national rail network has been a divisive issue for years.

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Proposals to reintroduce the Buchan railway from Aberdeen to Peterhead and Fraserburgh have been given a boost “ with the SNP pledging to debate the idea at its party conference.

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D6141 stands ready to leave Fraserburgh with the 3.15pm train for Aberdeen on 2 September 1963.
Location: Fraserburgh
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
02/09/1963 K A Gray

View over the buffer stops at Peterhead on 24 May 1969 showing D5323 at the platform with the Formartine and Buchan Railtour preparing to return to Aberdeen.
Location: Peterhead
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
24/05/1969 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

NBL Type 2 D6148 arrives at Ellon with a northbound train in July 1963.
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
/07/1963 Colin Miller