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Ambitious plans to reinstate rail links between Aberdeen and Buchan have taken a major step forward, with the contract awarded for a new Sustainable Transport Study. [First reported on the 1st.]
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Campaigners want to see trains running to Buchan again, more than 50 years after the service ended.
(Permalink) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead  Fraserburgh: Fraserburgh in the summer of 1964, with an NBL Type 2 awaiting departure. A Cravens diesel unit can also be spotted beneath the station canopy.  Ellon: Drivers view approaching Ellon in June 1974 - the trackbed and platform that once served the Boddam branch can be seen on the right.  Peterhead: D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port contin ... |
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Aberdeenshire Council's work to promote sustainability in transportation has been recognised by being shortlisted in two categories at the 'Transport Times' Scottish Transport Awards.
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In 2022, Campaign for North East Rail (CNER) submitted a FOI request to Network Rail requesting information regarding previous investigatory works undertaken upon the Schoolhill and Hutcheon Street tunnels in Aberdeen.
(Permalink) Campaign for North East Rail Doubling Ellon Hutcheon Street Hutcheon Street Tunnel Schoolhill Schoolhill Tunnel Single track  Berryden Junction: The start of the 'Aberdeen' to Dyce redoubling seems considered to be Kittybrewster but the points are in fact much nearer the former Hutcheon Street station, further south in the Rosemount area. This ...  Schoolhill: The remains of the station building at Schoolhill form a wall with a car park. This station, a (very) short distance from Aberdeen Joint, was apparently served by Deeside line sevices extended at appr ... |
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A major campaign has been launched to bring a £150 million transport scheme to Aberdeen that could rival Edinburgh's trams or Glasgow's subway system.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Airport Aberdeen Rapid Transit Belfast Glider Bridge of Don Craibstone Ellon Kingswells NESTRANS Portlethan Westhill |
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SNP MSP seeks cross-party support at Holyrood to bring rail to Peterhead, Ellon and Fraserburgh.
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The campaign group behind a north-east rail revival is being awarded up to £165,000 over four years in a major boost for the ambitious plans, the Press and Journal can reveal.
(Permalink) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead  Fraserburgh: 80021 arrives at Fraserburgh on 16 July 1955 with a train from Aberdeen. |
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The north-east is due to take centre stage at the upcoming SNP conference in Aberdeen as Karen Adam MSP has secured a policy debate to reach an agreement on re-establishing rail links in Peterhead and Fraserburgh.
(Permalink) Ellon Fraserburgh Peterhead Politics  Fraserburgh: Fraserburgh in the summer of 1964. An NBL Type 2 awaits departure, and a Cravens diesel unit is just visible beneath the station canopy. |
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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.
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Scotland's transport minister said reopening Peterhead and Fraserburgh rail links would be a 'great idea' while on a visit to the north-east yesterday.
(Permalink) Campaign for North East Rail Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Jenny Gilruth Peterhead  Maud: The morning sun illuminates 5308 shunting Maud Junction on 27 March 1973 prior to heading the daily goods from Aberdeen onwards to Fraserburgh. Fraserburgh: 80021 arrives at Fraserburgh on 16 July 1955 with a train from Aberdeen.  Peterhead: Looking back along the platform at Peterhead in May 1949. The locomotive is B1 no 61345, one month old at the time. |
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Is the North-east of Scotland on-track for better rail services? Thats the focus for a major transport event being held by Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce at the end of this month.
(Permalink) Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce Ellon Peterhead Peterhead: D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port contin ... |
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Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce will host a meeting at Brewdog Ellon at the end of June to discuss the situation.
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Reinstating the north and north-east's lost railway lines would be costly, but we could lose out on so much if it doesn't happen.
(Permalink) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Opinion Peterhead  Fraserburgh: The railway goods offices at Fraserburgh, built in 1953, still survive in 2012 and are now under the ownership of the local authority social work department. My father rented the office at the bottom ...  Ellon: Looking north at Ellon on 15 May 1959. The Station Hotel is just visible on the left of the picture.  Peterhead: 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. |
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New rail routes in Dyce, Ellon, Fraserburgh and Peterhead could be installed in Aberdeenshire under the Lib Dems as they pledge to improve transport in their manifesto.
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Jenny Gilruth is expected to meet with campaigners and north-east Conservative MSP Liam Kerr at Dyce Station on June 24 to discuss the proposals.
The Scottish Governments major transport review failed to include reinstating the Buchan and Formartine rail link within its recommendations. This is despite a feasibility study being promised as part of the co-operation agreement between the SNP and Greens. (Permalink) Dyce Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Maud Peterhead Politics  Fraserburgh: A mixed train preparing to leave Fraserburgh for Aberdeen in April 1955. Locomotive in charge is BR Standard 2-6-4 tank no 80004, delivered new to Kittybrewster shed two and a half years earlier.  Udny: EE Type 1 no D8031 stands at Udny station on 15 August 1960 at the head of the Peterhead - Aberdeen goods. The locomotive had been delivered new to Kittybrewster shed at the beginning of the year.  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 ... |
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Communities all across the north-east left isolated by the closure of railways have long campaigned to have their local stations reopened.
(Permalink) Ellon Fraserburgh Peterhead Politics  Ythan Viaduct: The viaduct at Ellon over the River Ythan is now on The Formartine and Buchan Way.  Peterhead: Ex-GER B12 4-6-0 no 61511 arriving at Peterhead on 4 July 1951 with a train from Aberdeen.  Udny: NBL Type 2 D6150 photographed near Udny on 15 August 1960 with a fish and parcels train on its way from Fraserburgh to Aberdeen. |
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Relaying north east rail lines should not be excluded from Scotland's long-term transport strategy if carbon net zero objectives are to succeed.
(Permalink) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead  Peterhead: B1 4-6-0 61134 leaving Peterhead on 4 July 1951.  Maud: The NBL Type 2s were, for a few years following dieselisation, the staple locomotive on Buchan line trains. In this photograph, having attached a portion off the 3.20pm ex-Peterhead see image [[37410] ... |
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Aberdeenshire East's Gillian Martin has called on the Scottish Government to press ahead with plans for a rail connection from Aberdeen City to Ellon.
(Permalink) Ellon Fraserburgh Peterhead Fraserburgh: Fraserburgh in the summer of 1964. An NBL Type 2 awaits departure, and a Cravens diesel unit is just visible beneath the station canopy. Peterhead: 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. |
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The Scottish Greens have welcomed the release of a feasibility study framework from the Campaign for North East Rail (CNER) which shows the need to re-open rail lines to Ellon, Peterhead and Fraserburgh.
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MSP Gillian Martin has backed plans set out in the Programme for Government to consider further rail infrastructure in the north-east.
(Permalink) Aberdeenshire Ellon Fraserburgh Gillian Martin Peterhead |
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The Campaign for North East Rail (CNER) has officially launched #connectPeterhead calling for the town to be reconnected to the national rail network.
(Permalink) Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead |
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The campaign to connect Peterhead, Fraserburgh and other North-east towns to the rail network has been boosted by a commitment by the SNP and Green Party to improve the area's public transport.
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The Campaign for North East Rail group have launched #ConnectPeterhead as they look to convince the Scottish Government to extend the railway to the Blue Toon.
(Permalink) Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Peterhead  Cruden Bay: The GNSR coat-of-arms seen at the former Cruden Bay Hotel, circa 1961. Ellon: Looking north at Ellon on 15 May 1959. The Station Hotel is just visible on the left of the picture. Peterhead: D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port contin ... |
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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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Two MSPs have put put cross-party rivalry aside to call for the reopening of the railway line between Ellon and Dyce.
(Permalink) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Re-opening  Ellon: The annual Railway Relay Race from Peterhead to Ellon took place on 6th August 2017. This is a minor road crossing and the remains of a bridge abutment half way between Auchnagatt and Ellon whe ... Ellon: Looking north at Ellon on 15 May 1959. The Station Hotel is just visible on the left of the picture.  Ellon: Classic BR uniforms glimpsed at Ellon from the 12.25 Aberdeen-Fraserburgh train on Saturday 1st May 1965, with driver and secondman hanging out of the NBL Type 2 at the front (yes, a diesel locomotive ... |
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Reopening the railway between Ellon and Dyce is a 'realistic and achievable' prospect according to a Tory MSP, who has teamed up with an SNP MSP on the issue.
(Permalink) Dyce Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway  Udny: The level crossing at Tillyeve on the Buchan line, between Newmachar and Udny. The gates and posts are in surprisingly good condition given that passenger traffic ceased in 1965 and the line closed co ...  Dyce: Handing back the token at Dyce after returning from Fraserburgh with the Buchan Belle railtour on 01 June 1974. |
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Plans to create a skatepark, community allotments and bring a former railway station back into use have been given a chunk of £2million funding.
(Permalink) Aboyne Alford Ellon  Alford: View towards Kintore at the rebuilt Alford station. The locomotive shed was ahead and the carriage shed still stands behind the camera, now in use as an engine shed for the Grampian Transport Museum's ...  Aboyne: Once the main station building at Aboyne, this is now the rear of a row of shops. Looking east along the former platform in 2006. See image [[31584]] |
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Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin has written to the new Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport Michael Matheson to discuss extending the rail network in her constituency.
(Permalink) Dyce Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Dyce: Handing back the token at Dyce after returning from Fraserburgh with the Buchan Belle railtour on 01 June 1974. Ellon: Classic BR uniforms glimpsed at Ellon from the 12.25 Aberdeen-Fraserburgh train on Saturday 1st May 1965, with driver and secondman hanging out of the NBL Type 2 at the front (yes, a diesel locomotive ... |
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Politicians calling for the extension of a north-east rail line have had their hopes of success raised after being offered encouragement by the Scottish Government's transport chief.
(Permalink) Banff Ellon Fraserburgh Peterhead  Fraserburgh: D6141 stands ready to leave Fraserburgh with the 3.15pm train for Aberdeen on 2 September 1963. Peterhead: D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port contin ... |
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