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An MSPs petition calling for Cove and Newtonhill railway stations to be reopened has gathered almost 1,500 signatures and has now been backed by the Campaign for North East Rail (CNER) ahead of it being presented in the Scottish Parliament.
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Newtonhill: The End. The demolition of Newtonhill box with 158731 passing.
Duncan Ross 19/02/2021


Newtonhill: Newtonhill signal box (and a rather no-nonsense building) seen in May 1960.
David Murray-Smith /05/1960


Cove Bay: View through Cove Bay station on 4 April 1961 with a breakdown train approaching on its way north. The locomotive in charge is Perth based Black 5 4-6-0 no 44720.
See David Murray-Smith 14/04/1961

The stations closed in 1956 but a campaign has gathered pace in recent years to see them reopened.
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Newtonhill: The somewhat spartan Newtonhill station seen in May 1960.
David Murray-Smith /05/1960


Cove Bay: View through Cove Bay station on 4 April 1961 with a breakdown train approaching on its way north. The locomotive in charge is Perth based Black 5 4-6-0 no 44720.
See David Murray-Smith 14/04/1961

An MSP has launched a petition and sent letters to more than 6,000 residents calling for support to reopen Cove and Newtonhill railway stations.
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Newtonhill: The somewhat spartan Newtonhill station seen in May 1960.
David Murray-Smith /05/1960


Cove Bay: View through Cove Bay station on 4 April 1961 with a breakdown train approaching on its way north. The locomotive in charge is Perth based Black 5 4-6-0 no 44720.
See David Murray-Smith 14/04/1961

Chairman Keith Moorhouse has urged the Scottish Government to restore the stations.
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Newtonhill: The somewhat spartan Newtonhill station seen in May 1960.
David Murray-Smith /05/1960


Cove Bay: View through Cove Bay station on 4 April 1961 with a breakdown train approaching on its way north. The locomotive in charge is Perth based Black 5 4-6-0 no 44720.
See David Murray-Smith 14/04/1961

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 ...
David Panton 02/10/2019


Laurencekirk: The 1530hrs Edinburgh to Aberdeen in the down platform Laurencekirk on Saturday 25 August 2018.
David Prescott 25/08/2018


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.
Bill Roberton 25/03/2019

A new survey has launched today to find out what north-east citizens think about introducing a series of new train stations south of Aberdeen.
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Newtonhill: The End. Newtonhill box seen partly demolished on the 19th of February 2021.
Duncan Ross 19/02/2021


Newtonhill: The somewhat spartan Newtonhill station seen in May 1960.
David Murray-Smith /05/1960


Cove Bay: View through Cove Bay station on 4 April 1961 with a breakdown train approaching on its way north. The locomotive in charge is Perth based Black 5 4-6-0 no 44720.
See David Murray-Smith 14/04/1961

North-east Conservative politicians have launched a campaign urging the Scottish Government to set out £200 million plans for the region's rail and infrastructure as 'an urgent priority'.
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Transport chiefs are facing calls to set out the next steps for the creation of two new stations in the north-east.
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Newtonhill: The somewhat spartan Newtonhill station seen in May 1960.
David Murray-Smith /05/1960


Cove Bay: View through Cove Bay station on 4 April 1961 with a breakdown train approaching on its way north. The locomotive in charge is Perth based Black 5 4-6-0 no 44720.
See David Murray-Smith 14/04/1961

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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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.
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Newtonhill: Site of the former Newtonhill station between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, closed to passengers in June 1956. View north in November 2006.
John Furnevel 09/11/2006


Cove: A class 47 takes a container train north towards Aberdeen through the site of the former Cove station on 07 December 1974.
John McIntyre 07/12/1974


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 ...
K A Gray 06/09/1960

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