Date: 17/09/2023

From wild deer and wolves, to a vital community waterway, to a road and railway flanked by public gardens, the Denburn has seen plenty of changes down the centuries.

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A train from Elgin photographed approaching its destination at Aberdeen on 19 April 1954. Black 5 4-6-0 no 45488 has just run through the platforms of the former Schoolhill station (closed 1937).
Location: Schoolhill
Company: Denburn Valley Line (Great North of Scotland Railway)
19/04/1954 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

The new pavilions are taking shape on the upper levels of the Union Terrace Gardens. The winter storms had evidently knocked over one mature tree. The single track mainline is kept clear of weeds even if they still grow in the siding. When the line first opened the GNSR seems to have had special guards in charge of trains running between Kittybrewster to the new Joint Passenger Station: these were called Denburn Guards.
Location: Schoolhill
Company: Denburn Valley Line (Great North of Scotland Railway)
24/03/2022 Charlie Niven

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