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The Press and Journal caught up with the Campaign for North East Rail to find out what they've been up to in 2023, and what we can expect from them this year.
(Permalink) Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead  Fraserburgh: Standard tank 80021 leaving Fraserburgh with a train for Aberdeen on 12 August 1958. |
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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.]
(Permalink) Ellon Fraserburgh Peterhead Sustainable Transport Study |
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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 Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port contin ...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.
(Permalink) Aberdeenshire Council Ellon Fraserburgh Huntly Integrated Travel Towns Inverurie Portlethen |
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Taking the top off an Aberdeen city centre train tunnel could help get Peterhead and Fraserburgh reconnected to the rail network, a campaigner has argued.
(Permalink) Fraserburgh Peterhead Schoolhill Tunnel  Schoolhill: A quick grab shot of 70813, between Hutcheon Street and Schoolhill tunnel, heading towards Aberdeen station on 28th May 2021.
 Schoolhill: 158705 emerges from Schoolhill tunnel, with a local service from Inverurie to Arbroath, on 11th February 2020.
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SNP MSP seeks cross-party support at Holyrood to bring rail to Peterhead, Ellon and Fraserburgh.
(Permalink) Ellon Fraserburgh Peterhead Politics |
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The prospect of bringing rail back to Peterhead and Fraserburgh has made a significant step forward after Karen Adam MSP secured unanimous support from delegates at the SNP's 88th Annual Conference earlier this month.
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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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Plans to reinstate rail links in the north-east area have made significant progress after a successful funding award.
(Permalink) Campaign for North East Rail Fraserburgh Peterhead  Peterhead: The site of Peterhead goods yard and passenger station, now occupied by Peterhead Academy. The goods yard more or less covered the area now taken up by the car parks, while the school buildings on the ...  Fraserburgh: A June 2008 recapture of a photograph taken 28 years previously see image [[17852]] showing the view from Kessock Road of what replaced the railway bridge. The road now joins the harbour access road, ... |
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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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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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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.
(Permalink) Ellon Fraserburgh Peterhead Politics |
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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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The railway tracks between Cairnbulg and Fraserburgh last clacked with the sound of a train in 1965.
(Permalink) Cairnbulg Fraserburgh  Philorth Bridge: The remains of a beautiful pink and grey granite bridge on the St Combs branch at Water of Philorth nature reserve looking towards Cairnbulg.  Kirkton Bridge Halt: Ex-GER 2-4-0T 67164 approaching the platform at Kirkton Bridge Halt shortly after leaving Fraserburgh with a train for St Combs in July 1951.  Cairnbulg: Watched by a small but attentive audience, Ivatt 2-6-0 no 46460 rumbles over Cairnbulg level crossing on 5 August 1953 with a St Combs - Fraserburgh train. |
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Plans to bring back Peterhead and Fraserburgh rail links were considered as part of a major transport review but later rejected, it has been revealed.
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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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Campaigners fighting to bring back Peterhead and Fraserburgh rail links are 'hopeful' the new transport minister will get their plans on track.
(Permalink) 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.  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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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.
(Permalink) Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead |
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A train driver campaigning to reopen disused railway lines says the newly announced Great British Railways (GBR) plan 'could change a lot' for his group's ambitious proposals.
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A new push to see railways return to the North East forms part of a concerted effort by the Campaign for North East Rail.
(Permalink) Banchory Deeside Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead  Fraserburgh: NBL Type 2 no D6141 about to take the 3.15pm train for Aberdeen out of Fraserburgh station in September 1963. Fraserburgh locomotive shed stands on the left. 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 ...  Banchory [2nd]: An oft repeated scene at Banchory on the Royal Deeside line in the summer of 1965, where an Aberdeen - Ballater DMU has arrived at the westbound platform. Pupils from Banchory Academy board the train, ... |
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The Scottish Greens have proposed billion-pound plans to build a rail crossing under the Firth of Forth which would 'substantially' cut journey times north.
(Permalink) Forth Tunnel Fraserburgh Kirkcaldy Leith Peterhead Westhill 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.  Fraserburgh: The very last goods train at Fraserburgh on the 5th October 1979. Jim Morrison, one-time signalman at Fraserburgh, and latterly railwayman at Maud is pointing out something of interest to the driver o ... |
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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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Almost 60 years after the widespread axing of hundreds of Scottish railway stations, proposals have been made to reverse the closures and boost the economy.
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