Work starts on Aberdeens freight rail line [Evening Express]





Date: 25/09/2018

Work to revamp a section of railway in Aberdeen is under way. The 11 weeks worth of work started on Saturday. Network Rail is renewing tracks on the Hanover“Waterloo line until December 8.The route might not be well-known to travellers as the line does not carry any passengers. It is a stretch of freight railway that links Waterloo Quay into the rail network before branching off from the passenger railway at Kittybrewster.


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Work starts on Aberdeen's freight rail line - Evening Express

Evening Express

Work to revamp a section of railway in Aberdeen is under way.

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Company: Aberdeen Waterloo Extension (Great North of Scotland Railway)
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