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Services to and from Aberdeen and Inverness will not resume on Thursday until inspections are carried out on routes.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Inverness ScotRail Storm Gerrit |
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Passengers travelled south from the Granite City on buses instead.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Broken rail Dundee |
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The total number of services running from Inverurie to Aberdeen is to be reduced, but Scotrail have still to make new timetables publicly available.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Inverurie Timetable  Inverurie: The 13.33 service for Aberdeen waiting to leave Inverurie on 8 August 2014.  Inverurie: 158736, on a short working from Aberdeen, waits at Inverurie before returning there. View north from the road overbridge at the south end of the station. |
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Scotrail is warning that storms will cause delays on today's train services between Inverness and Aberdeen.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Inverness Storm Ciarán |
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A disused platform at Aberdeen Railway Station could be on track for a comeback as plans to provide more journeys to the Central Belt build up steam.
Network Rail has revealed a series of proposals to boost links from the Granite City to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Planning documents submitted to Aberdeen City Council indicate some major changes in store for the line, as efforts to reduce car journeys intensify. Platform 8 at the Guild Street station could be brought out of retirement to expand the city's offering. And new loops could be created, where slower-moving freight trains could be taken off the main line allowing express trains to whiz past. [Full article requires subscription. -RS] (Permalink) Aberdeen  Aberdeen: In the 1970s the northern end of Aberdeen station had a shopping centre (as they were then called) built over most of it, but the former Platforms 8 and 9 escaped. The track is a siding which ends beh ...  Aberdeen: A view from the footbridge showing the middle road between (former) Platforms 8 and 9 looking north. Note the digital display screen on a post to the right of the track. This is an indicator which sh ... |
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Some train services remain off on Sunday despite the end of a red weather warning for north-east Scotland.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Dundee Elgin Far North Line Fife Circle route Kyle Line |
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The route had been badly affected by Storm Babet. Disruption continues elsewhere in the north.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Elgin Far North Line Highland Main Line Storm Babet Tain |
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Most lines in the North and North East are affected after the Met Office issued a 'danger to life' alert.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Storm Babet |
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The historic locomotive was involved in a collision last week.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Ferryhill Flying Scotsman |
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We [Caledonian Sleeper] are delighted to be working in partnership with Visit Aberdeen to give one lucky winner and their plus one the chance to experience a unique way to travel with a trip aboard the iconic Caledonian Sleeper. Prize winners will enjoy a return trip to Aberdeen in either a Caledonian Double or Club Room with ...
(Permalink) Aberdeen Caledonian Sleeper |
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The works will impact Inverness-Aberdeen, Kyle and Far North services at different weekends in October.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Elgin Engineering Works Far North Line Forres Garve Helmsdale Inverness Kyle of Lochalsh Wick |
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Services are facing delays due to a speed restriction.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Dundee Laurencekirk Speed restriction Stonehaven |
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The steam locomotive will return to the north-east on October 10.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Flying Scotsman |
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From this week, services across the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire will have catering available on board.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Food trolley Inverness ScotRail |
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Engineers are currently working to fix the track with cancellations and delays expected.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Cancellations Delays Dundee Track defect |
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Stan Bruce dedicates his time to researching the history shipbuilding across the north-east.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Shipbuilding |
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The rail operator is making changes to its current timetable, and there's good news for commuters in Aberdeenshire on the route to Montrose as more services are being added.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Montrose ScotRail Timetable  Montrose: A terminating service from Aberdeen prepares to run into the siding at Montrose to turn back on 2 October 2019. I would have said it disgorged but there was hardly anyone on it all the way. However I ... |
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Aberdeen's last ship builder, Hall Russell & Company closed back in 1992 after 128 years of experience in making iron and steel ships, ranging from cargo vessels to warships.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Hall Russell |
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Scotland's transport minister has insisted a long-delayed £200 million scheme to improve Aberdeen to central belt rail is on track.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeenshire |
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Work to replace old track in the north-east will be carried out this weekend, with passengers having to use replacement bus services until trains return to service on Monday.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Dundee Track replacement |
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Aberdeen fans are being warned of rail disruption ahead of the Dons' League Cup semi-final against Rangers in Glasgow on Sunday. Due to engineering works taking place at the weekend, replacement buses will be in operation between the Granite City and Dundee.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Dundee Engineering works |
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Transport Scotland will examine 16 options, which include dualling the A96 and rail improvements.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Inverness Keith Transport Scotland  Keith: An Inverness to Aberdeen service calls at Keith on 26 September 2017. Keith
station is some distance from the town centre. Hardly surprising as this
was the former junction station and the town had ...  Kinloss [3rd]: The former Kinloss Station on 12 September 2004. View is east from the level crossing looking towards Elgin. Kinloss station closed to passengers in May 1965. See image [[3657]]  Alves: The former Alves station, midway between Forres and Elgin, looking west from the road bridge in November 2005. |
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ScotRail is celebrating success after winning a top award at the National Railway Heritage Awards 2022. The Arch Company Award for Urban Heritage recognises the success of a train operator in ensuring high quality upkeep and enhancement of the environment of a significant urban station within its care, while continuing the historic ambience consistent with modern passenger requirements. ScotRail scooped the award for its restoration of the North Corner Pavilion Building at Aberdeen station, part of the stations recently complete redevelopment.
(Permalink) Aberdeen ScotRail |
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Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth today officially opened the recently complete £8million redevelopment of Aberdeen railway station. Ms Gilruth joined Alex Hynes, Scotland's Railway Managing Director, for the event. The redevelopment project has been delivered by Morrison Construction over two years, with the final stage of work seeing the relocation and refurbishment of the ticket office and first-class lounge.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Alex Hynes Jenny Gilruth Morrison Construction |
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MSP Jenny Gilruth today officially opened the recently complete £8million redevelopment of Aberdeen railway station.
(Permalink) Aberdeen  Aberdeen: Here is Jenny Gilruth cutting a tape today to declare the new travel centre and lounge open at Aberdeen. |
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The mechanical and electrical (M&E) works at the £8 million refurbishment at Aberdeen railway station to enhance the facilities for customers and staff is now complete, delivered by Forte Engineering, a dedicated railway contractor offering electrical and mechanical, telecoms and design engineering expertise for the UK railway.
(Permalink) Aberdeen  Aberdeen: As I alighted from the Class 158 from Stonehaven at Aberdeen on 10th January 2019 I was immediately hit by the strong smell of gloss paint. The whole of the station is covered in scaffolding with work ...  Aberdeen: View over the station forecourt from an adjacent hotel. Beyond is the bridge over the line to Inverness and the former suburban booking office.  Aberdeen: Sleeper services didn't have a good day on the 29th. I was walking into town up South College Street and wondered why GBRf 66704 was overhead and soon found out when I got to Clayhills at 13:00, so I ... |
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An amber weather warning in eastern Scotland has been extended with flooding leading to school closures and disruption on roads and railways.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Arbroath Cancellations Dalgety Bay Dundee Flooding Grantshouse Inverness Inverurie LNER Laurencekirk Linlithgow Montrose Rain ScotRail Weather |
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Rail services have been hit by the weather this morning. The East Coast Line is flooded at Dalgety Bay. The Dundee-Arbroath service is suspended along with services between Aberdeen and Inverurie. ScotRail has speed restrictions on many routes.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Arbroath Cancellations Dalgety Bay Dundee Flooding Grantshouse Inverness Inverurie LNER Laurencekirk Linlithgow Montrose Rain ScotRail Weather |
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Aberdeen train station celebrates its 155th anniversary tomorrow and was, upon its opening on November 4th 1867, described in the press as 'a truly magnificent building'. [The station was substantially rebuilt 1913-1916. -RS]
(Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeen Joint Aberdeen: View over the station forecourt from an adjacent hotel. Beyond is the bridge over the line to Inverness and the former suburban booking office.  Aberdeen: Shopping malls have their knockers but surely few would disagree that Union Square in Aberdeen is an improvement on the rather bleak station approach of the past. Looking towards the former facade of ... Aberdeen: Sleeper services didn't have a good day on the 29th. I was walking into town up South College Street and wondered why GBRf 66704 was overhead and soon found out when I got to Clayhills at 13:00, so I ... |
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The A2CB route travels through Gleneagles, Perth and Invergowrie but the works could see local commuters face seven years of disruption.
(Permalink) A2CB Aberdeen Dunblane Dundee Electrification Gleneagles Invergowrie Perth  Perth: Class 170 170470 arriving into Platform 1 at Perth at 1538 on Thursday 23 August 2018 with the 1513hrs Dundee-Glasgow service.
 Aberdeen: Aberdeen Station 150th anniversary; this photo shows ScotRail Alliance MD Alex Hynes with Steve Ewen, ScotRail Customer Experience Manager (Acting) for the North-East of Scotland after today’s ...  Dundee: A Glasgow to Aberdeen HST approaches Dundee on 15 May 2019. The odd coach out is still in the (very) dark green of GWR. |
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Staff shortages on LNER trains are having a direct impact on north-east passengers.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Cancellations Inverness LNER Staff shortages |
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Tayside passengers face seven years of travel disruption as railway engineers electrify the east coast line, demolishing scores of local bridges.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Dundee Electrification Perth |
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Network Rail has announced that a section of the line between Inverness and Aberdeen will be closed for eleven days to enable work on the Inverness Airport station programme.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Inverness Inverness Airport Line closure  Inverness Airport [Station]: Inverness airport continues to take shape with double track laid and platform work well advanced.  Inverness Airport [Station]: View east from the new platforms of Inverness Airport station. |
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Activity is ramping up over the next few months between Perth and Aberdeen, as part of Network Rail's ongoing enhancement work across Scotland's Railway. The coming weeks will see a significant increase in activity as Network Rail and recently appointed contractor AECOM carry out a £5 million package of work to assess a number of existing bridge structures including in Perth, Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Arbroath Angus, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
(Permalink) AECOM Aberdeen Arbroath Broughty Ferry Dundee Network Rail Perth |
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With bids now in, five contenders are hoping to secure one of two locations to be chosen to be Scotlands new Green Freeports. Proposals from Orkney, Aberdeen, Cromarty, Forth and Clyde regions have set out why they should become a beneficiary of this new status and how that status will become a catalyst for growth, innovation and investment in their regions.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Cromarty Firth Firth of Clyde Firth of Forth Green Freeport Orkney Railfreight  Greenock Container Port: November 2021 aerial view of the Greenock Containerbase. This occupies the area where Greenock Princes Pier G&SWR station was previously. The specialist cruise vessel 'Hebridean Princess' is moored a ...  Greenock Containerbase Sidings: Looking over the site of Princes Pier Shed, it was latterly is use as container sidings for Greenock Ocean Terminal. To the left is Greenock Central Sawmills, where the shed buildings stood. The sidin ... |
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Passengers are being reminded that services between Aberdeen and Inverness will be disrupted this weekend as work to build the new Inverness Airport station continues. [The masonry bridge will be removed and loop connected. -RS]
(Permalink) Aberdeen Inverness Inverness Airport Network Rail Inverness Airport [Station]: Inverness airport continues to take shape with double track laid and platform work well advanced. Inverness Airport [Station]: View east from the new platforms of Inverness Airport station. |
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New trains from Aberdeen to Ellon and onwards to Peterhead and Fraserburgh can help deliver a 'just transition' and unlock economic growth across the north-east.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Campaign for North East Rail Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead |
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The first phase of a rail decarbonisation scheme to electrify the Fife route has been approved to move to construction phase.
The scheme has been developed by Transport Scotland and Network Rail and will commence with electrification of the section between Haymarket and Dalmeny (south of the Forth Bridge). Construction work is expected to get underway on the estimated £55 million scheme in June 2022 and is due to be completed by December 2024. It forms part of a rolling programme that is expected to see electrification extended to Dundee and Aberdeen. (Permalink) Aberdeen Dalmeny Dundee Electrification Fife Circle Haymarket |
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A temporary timetable due to a pay dispute means some last services will leave as early as 18:00.
(Permalink) ASLEF Aberdeen Cancellations ScotRail Timetabling |
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ScotRail has warned travellers in the north-east of possible disruption to their services from Aberdeen due to a broken down train.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Broken down train Portlethen |
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The rising costs of road and rail journeys mean that choosing the newly restored Wick/Aberdeen air link is 'a no-brainer', according to Trudy Morris.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Caithness Chamber of Commerce Dornoch Crossing Eastern Airways Wick |
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The stunning Tornado, which featured in movie Paddington 2, is the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph since the 1960s. It will depart Central for Aberdeen this August.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Clyde Aberdonian Glasgow Central Tornado |
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The 13-hour train adventure offers epic snapshots of both cities and countryside. Once a week, a train pulls out of Aberdeen station at 08.20 and heads south. Theres no great fanfare, no particular sense of occasion, and the train itself is only five coaches long. However, everything else about this service is Brobdingnagian.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Penzance |
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Network Rail is investing more than £4m renewing track on the line between Dundee and Aberdeen.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Arbroath Cove Bay Dundee Montrose Network Rail Track replacement |
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ScotRail has come to the rescue of one of Aberdeens historic landmarks as part of an £8million redevelopment of the city's railway station. The North Corner Pavilion Building had fallen into disrepair along with the whole station which faced major maintenance challenges in the early 2000s.The original station was built in 1867, but construction of the building now on the site began in 1913 and was completed after the First World War. It's likely the North and South pavilions were added around 1920.
(Permalink) Aberdeen  Aberdeen: The 'Subbie' booking office at Aberdeen. Not needed since 1937, and for many years now a hairdresser. |
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ScotRail trains have resumed between Aberdeen and Dundee again on Monday after being suspended during Storm Arwen.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Dundee Storm Arwen Weather |
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Major travel problems have hit people across Tayside, Fife and beyond as Storm Arwen makes its presence felt on Scotland's east coast.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Cancellations Dundee Storm Arwen Weather |
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The last batch of Aberdeen's trams went up in smoke early one May morning in 1958, accompanied by the flash of press cameras, the whirr of newsreel cameras and the click of amateurs' box cameras, as the crowds of people who watched the cremation tried to capture a bit of Aberdeen's history.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Trams |
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Transport Minister, Graeme Dey visited the team delivering the Aberdeen to Central Belt Enhancement Project and heard first-hand about the next phase of works which is due to commence next month.
Speaking from the event at LNERS Clayhills depot adjacent to Aberdeen Station, Matthew Spence, director of route business development and sponsorship for Scotland's Railway, said: 'Construction is expected to take place between 2022 and 2026 and it's important to point out this scheme will have benefits for the wider North East region with proposals for Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose and Aberdeen stations including lengthened platforms, enhanced capability and enabling additional and longer services.' (Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeen to Central Belt Enhancement Project Arbroath Dundee Montrose Platform extensions |
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The next phase of railway upgrades that could slash journey times between Aberdeen and the central belt by more than 20 minutes is due to start next month.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeen to Central Belt Enhancement Project Arbroath Dundee Montrose Platform extensions |
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A new survey has been launched this week to study transport problems and opportunities between Aberdeen and Laurencekirk.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Altens Cove Laurencekirk New station proposal Newtonhill Stonehaven  Aberdeen: Hourly Aberdeen to Montrose stopping services seem to have sneaked into the timetable when I wasn't looking. They give Portlethen and Laurencekirk a regular service, but this train anyway was rather e ...  Laurencekirk: The 1530hrs Edinburgh to Aberdeen in the down platform Laurencekirk on Saturday 25 August 2018.
 Newtonhill: The 09.52 LNER service from Aberdeen to Kings Cross passes through the site of Newtonhill Station, closed in 1956. The signalbox closed on 28 April 2019. |
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Plans to revive forgotten railway stations around the north-east wont just benefit rural residents, but could actually help save the planet.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Cruden Bay Dyce Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Hatton Newmachar Peterhead Pitmeddan  Cruden Bay: The GNSR coat-of-arms seen at the former Cruden Bay Hotel, circa 1961.  Newmachar: View north from the footbridge at Newmachar station on 15 August 1960 as B1 4-6-0 no 61352 waits at the platform with empty stock on its way to Ellon for storage on the stub of the Boddam branch. The ...  Ellon: Drivers view approaching Ellon in June 1974 - the trackbed and platform that once served the Boddam branch can be seen on the right. |
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Train services north of Perth are returning to normal after being delayed due to heavy rain in the area.
Services between Dunkeld and Birnam, and Blair Atholl, as well as Aberdeen and Inverness, were running at reduced speeds on Monday morning. (Permalink) Aberdeen Blair Atholl Dunkeld Flooding Inverness Rain Weather |
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ScotRail is continuing with the next phase of the £8million redevelopment of Aberdeen station.
The project will make significant changes to the look of the station, which has sat in the heart of Aberdeen city centre for more than 150 years. Since Christmas, work has been taking place to conserve, maintain and protect the listed building areas of the station. The train operator is also redeveloping staff accommodation and building additional operational staff areas around platform two to allow for future growth. (Permalink) Aberdeen  Aberdeen: Aberdeen railway station concourse on 16th May 2018. Just follow the green line to the rail replacement bus. The buses are only up the stairs, across the connecting bridge into the multi story car par ... Aberdeen: As I alighted from the Class 158 from Stonehaven at Aberdeen on 10th January 2019 I was immediately hit by the strong smell of gloss paint. The whole of the station is covered in scaffolding with work ...  Aberdeen: Looking north across the platforms in September 2018. From left to right: through platforms 7 (empty) and 6, then bays 5, 4 and 3. The former platforms 2 and 1 are both used for stabling; there's a 15 ... |
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Organisations across the North East are coming together to showcase walking & cycling projects that are improving how we travel around the area. Nestrans, along with Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Councils, and NHS Grampian, will be presenting to elected members, local authority officers, and representatives from key partners. The event, Moving Towards Net Zero, will detail the ongoing and upcoming active and sustainable travel projects that aim to make the area cleaner, greener, healthier, and safer. Topics include the new Regional Transport Strategy, Active Travel Action Plans, the Integrated Towns project, ...
(Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Green |
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They turned out in the teeth of a howling blizzard to mark a special moment in Aberdeens history the last tram to run from Torry.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeen Corporation Tramways Torry |
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A call for answers has been made about a multi-million-pound promise to improve rail journey times.
(Permalink) Aberdeen  Aberdeen: An Inverness service boards at Platform 6 South Aberdeen, probably chosen in preference to the more intuitive north end to allow passengers arriving at Platform 5 (left) to change easily. As to why a ... Aberdeen: Sleeper services didn't have a good day on the 29th. I was walking into town up South College Street and wondered why GBRf 66704 was overhead and soon found out when I got to Clayhills at 13:00, so I ... |
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Aberdeen City Council has started a public consultation into two parallel studies for transport links to Aberdeen South Harbour and Wellington Road. Over the last 18 months, Aberdeen City Council has worked with partners to assess options through the STAG appraisal process for both studies. The next stage in the process is engaging with local stakeholders and members of the public to seek views on the likely impacts of the options for each study on individuals and businesses to assist the City Council in maximising the opportunities that the studies present locally, ...
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A fund for the families of three men killed in the Stonehaven train derailment raises more than £142,000.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Dundee Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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The line between Aberdeen and Dundee closed after the crash in August which left three people dead.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Dundee Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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Trains between Aberdeen and Inverness have been delayed today.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Inverness Leaves on line |
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The rail facility improvements in Aberdeen are expected by ScotRail to take about a year.
(Permalink) Aberdeen  Aberdeen: Pedestrian approach to Aberdeen station and Union Square shopping centre, April 2017  Aberdeen: The concourse at Aberdeen station, looking south towards bay platforms 3 to 5 on 15 June 2009. (There is no platform 1 or 2).  Aberdeen: The impressive remodelled outer concourse at Aberdeen station, seen on 13 October 2010. This is now part of the Union Square development (shopping / cinemas / restaurants / bus station / hotel etc.) S ... |
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A vintage event inspired by a north-east railway line is set to take place at an Aberdeen charity shop.
Barnardos on Union Street will host the event on September 19 and 20, which will be themed around the Aberdeen to Ballater Deeside Railway line. (Permalink) Aberdeen Ballater Barnados Deeside Railway |
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A new shuttle service between Montrose and Edinburgh will be introduced from Monday, 14 September to allow customers travelling in the north east to complete their journey by rail.
The service will run Monday to Saturday between Montrose and Edinburgh, and between Montrose and Dundee on Sundays. It follows the introduction of a rail shuttle service between Aberdeen and Stonehaven last week. Existing replacement bus services between Dundee and Aberdeen remain in place for customers travelling beyond Montrose. (Permalink) Aberdeen Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Dundee Montrose Shuttle service |
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ScotRail has introduced a shuttle service between Aberdeen and Stonehaven to keep customers in the north east moving.
The new shuttle service, which was introduced today (Monday, 31 August), calls at Aberdeen, Portlethen, and Stonehaven, with some services extended to start or terminate at Inverurie or Dyce. A replacement bus service remains in place between Dundee and Stonehaven. (Permalink) Aberdeen Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Portlethen Shuttle Shuttle service Stonehaven derailment |
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The early phases of the Aberdeen station redevelopment project will begin on Monday.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Station improvement Aberdeen: Hourly Aberdeen to Montrose stopping services seem to have sneaked into the timetable when I wasn't looking. They give Portlethen and Laurencekirk a regular service, but this train anyway was rather e ... Aberdeen: As I alighted from the Class 158 from Stonehaven at Aberdeen on 10th January 2019 I was immediately hit by the strong smell of gloss paint. The whole of the station is covered in scaffolding with work ... Aberdeen: Looking north across the platforms in September 2018. From left to right: through platforms 7 (empty) and 6, then bays 5, 4 and 3. The former platforms 2 and 1 are both used for stabling; there's a 15 ... |
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Commuters are facing delays and cancellations to train services after a tree fell on the line north of Aberdeen.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Cancellations Great North of Scotland Railway |
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Commitment to decarbonise passenger rail services by 2035. Plans to decarbonise Scotland's rail passenger services by 2035 have been launched by Transport Secretary Michael Matheson today.
Railscot note - PDF page 8 shows electrification of lines by 2035: - Glasgow - Aberdeen - Inverurie - All lines in Fife including Levenmouth - Highland Main Line - Borders line - Glasgow - Barrhead - Dumfries - Carlisle - East Kilbride - Kilmarnock - Ayr - Anniesland - Maryhill Partial electrification or alternative technology: - Ayr- Girvan - Inverurie - Inverness - Tain Battery or alternative technology: - West Highland Lines - Far North Line - Kyle Line - Girvan - Stranraer (Permalink) Aberdeen Barrhead Battery train Borders line Dumfries East Kilbride Electrification Far North Line Fife Girvan Highland Main Line Inverurie Kilmarnock Kyle Line Levenmouth Maryhill Stranraer Tain West Highland Lines  Scotland: Transport Scotland - Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan for 2035. Lines shown in red are to be electrified. Those in yellow to be alternative traction, possibly prior to electrification. Those ... |
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ScotRail has announced that an £8million redevelopment of Aberdeen station is set to begin later this year.
The project will see significant changes to the look and feel of the station, which has sat in the heart of Aberdeen city centre for more than 150 years. Morrison Construction will deliver the work which will enhance facilities for customers and staff at the station. Once complete the project will deliver: (Permalink) Aberdeen Station improvement Aberdeen: The concourse at Aberdeen station, looking south towards bay platforms 3 to 5 on 15 June 2009. (There is no platform 1 or 2).  Aberdeen: The spacious and welcoming refurbished northside interior at Aberdeen on 19 June 2008. |
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They are snapshots from a bygone age: a time when trams ferried people round Aberdeen and steam trains passed the Denburn en-route to the many stations dotted across the north-east.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Great North of Scotland Railway |
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The costs of two more flagship rail projects in Scotland have soared.
A Sunday Post investigation earlier this month revealed works on lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Aberdeen to Inverness, were tens of millions of pounds over budget. Now its been confirmed that electrification work on the Stirling, Alloa and Dunblane lines, as well as a 46-mile section of the Shotts line, is currently 50% over budget. The Office of Rail and Road confirmed it had launched an investigation into the budget overruns, blamed on poor design and extra costs of meeting safety legislation. (Permalink) Aberdeen Alloa Dunblane Edinburgh Electrification Glasgow Inverness Overspend Shotts Stirling |
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The principal contractor for the £170m upgrade of the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line has been appointed.
BAM will carry out the work, the first phase of which is due for completion in 2019. A half-hourly commuter service between Aberdeen and Inverurie will be introduced, along with additional peak services between Inverness and Elgin. Infrastructure will be installed to allow new stations to be built at Dalcross and Kintore. (Permalink) Aberdeen BAM Dalcross Elgin Inverness Inverness Airport Kintore New station  Forres [2nd]: An afternoon Inverness - Aberdeen service calls at Forres on 25 May 2012.  Dalcross: The former Dalcross station, between Inverness and Nairn, viewed from the north side of the level crossing in July 2011. The station closed in 1965 and like a number of others on this line is now a pr ...  Kintore: With the remains of Kintore station platform behind the photographer, an Inverness service disappears towards Inverurie on 19 October 2012. The line to Alford curved away to the left at this point and ... |
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A £170m investment package has been confirmed by First Minister Alex Salmond for the Inverness to Aberdeen railway.
Over the next five years, there will be a redoubling of the track between Aberdeen and Inverurie. Platforms at Insch and Elgin will be extended to accommodate six-car trains. Signalling improvements will be made at Elgin, the station at Forres relocated and work done so new stations can be built at Kintore and Dalcross. Kintore's original station was closed in the 1960s. Dalcross is close to Inverness Airport. Future phases of the scheme will support an hourly service between the cities with average journey time reducing to about two hours, it was announced. (Permalink) Aberdeen Dalcross Elgin Forres Insch Inverness Inverness Airport Kintore New station Forres [2nd]: An afternoon Inverness - Aberdeen service calls at Forres on 25 May 2012. Dalcross: The former Dalcross station, between Inverness and Nairn, viewed from the north side of the level crossing in July 2011. The station closed in 1965 and like a number of others on this line is now a pr ... Kintore: With the remains of Kintore station platform behind the photographer, an Inverness service disappears towards Inverurie on 19 October 2012. The line to Alford curved away to the left at this point and ... |
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Tilting trains should run on lines north to Aberdeen and Inverness to cut journey times by 20 per cent so rail could better compete with road travel, a transport think tank has urged.
The move would shorten rail trips from Edinburgh to Aberdeen trips to less than 2 hours and to Inverness to 2 hours 40 minutes, according to the Scottish Association of Public Transport (SAPT). The group argued that tilting diesel trains such as Voyagers, which can go round corners faster, would become available when other lines are electrified. It fears that without significant improvements, rail travel to northern Scotland will become increasingly unattractive as driving times are reduced with the dualling of the A9 and A96. (Permalink) A9 A96 Aberdeen Highland Main Line Inverness Scottish Association of Public Transport Tilting  Dalwhinnie: A Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness service runs north through Dalwhinnie station on 25 August 2007.  Fordoun: The morning HST service from Leeds to Aberdeen passes the former station at Fordoun (closed 1956) between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven on 20 October 2012.  Perth: A4 60019 'Bittern' restarts from Perth in the mid 1960s with a Glasgow Buchanan Street - Aberdeen train. |
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Plans for a railways revolution in the north-east aimed at boosting commuter links to and from Aberdeen are back on track.
Transport chiefs want more frequent services for travellers heading in and out of the city for work from towns such as Inverurie and Stonehaven. And a wish-list of new stations has been drawn up - including Kintore, Persley, Kittybrewster, Cove and Newtonhill - which is facing major expansion with a new town at Chapelton of Elsick. (Permalink) Aberdeen Chapelton of Elsick Cove Inverurie Kintore Kittybrewster Newtonhill Persley Stonehaven  Newtonhill: Site of the former Newtonhill station between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, closed to passengers in June 1956. View north in November 2006.  Cove: A class 47 takes a container train north towards Aberdeen through the site of the former Cove station on 07 December 1974.  Kittybrewster [2nd]: B1 no 61242 Alexander Reith Gray running south wrong-line through Kittybrewster station in September 1960. The locomotive is thought to be on its way from Kittybrewster shed (the top of the coa ... |
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A freight train has derailed at Aberdeen causing major problems with services.
The train came off the line in Aberdeen at around 4.50pm on Wednesday. The derailment has caused 'significant disruption' to cross-country rail services. Buses have been put on between Stonehaven and both Aberdeen and Dundee. (Permalink) Aberdeen Derailment |
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