Glassel railway station

Glassel railway station is a disused railway station in Britain. It served Glassel House, the Mill of Beltie and the local farms and the inhabitants of this rural area from 1859 to 1966 on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater.

Glassel
Glassel Lodge
LocationGlassel,[1] Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57.0824°N 2.5748°W / 57.0824; -2.5748
Grid referenceNO652991
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAboyne Extension Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
2 December 1859 (1859-12-02)Station opened[2]
28 February 1966 (1966-02-28)[2]Station closed to passengers
18 July 1966Line closed entirely

History

The station was opened in 1859[2] on the Deeside branch by the Aboyne Extension Railway and at first its services were operated by the Deeside Railway.[3] Later it became part of the GNoSR and at grouping merged with the London and North Eastern Railway. It stood 21.5 miles (34.5Km) from Aberdeen and 22.75 miles (36.5 km) from Ballater. It was closed to passengers on 28 February 1966.[2] The line has been lifted and sections form part of the Deeside Way long distance footpath. The station was unstaffed from circa 1964 when goods services were withdrawn.[4]

Infrastructure
The 1966 BRB Closure notice.
The 1963 timetable.

The station had a single platform and a waiting room and ticket office similar[5] to those at Torphins, Lumphanan and elsewhere on the line, consisting of a rough-cast and brick built single-storey structure, with round-headed windows at the front and a central covered area. A station master's house stood just to the east of the main station buildings, constructed after 1866.[4][6] A signal post is indicated on the platform in 1866.[6]

At the east end of the platform was a shed that contained the ground frame or signal box[6] that operated the points for the goods yard siding with its loading dock and weighing machine accessed by a lane at Glassel Village Hall.[7] The line was single track and the stone platform was built on a straight section of track.[4] The sidings were lifted by 1965 following the cessation of goods services.

Services

The line was chosen to trial the battery multiple unit and once introduced on 21 April 1958 the train service was doubled to six trains a day[8] and in addition a Sunday service was reinstated.[9]

The site today

The much modified and enlarged station buildings survive as private dwellings.[4] The Royal Deeside Railway is located at Milton of Crathes some distance down the line towards Aberdeen.

References
  1. RailScot - Glassel railway station, RailScot
  2. Butt 1995, p. 103.
  3. Canmore - Lumphanan railway station
  4. Maxtone, Graham (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. p. 28.
  5. Canmore - Glassel railway station
  6. Aberdeenshire LXXXIII.15 (Kincardine O'Neil) Survey date: 1866 Publication date: 1867
  7. Kincardineshire, 004.15, Surveyed: 1899, Published: 1900
  8. Railway Magazine June 1958 p. 419
  9. Railway Magazine June 1958 p. 382

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Maxtone, Graham and Cooper, Mike (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. V.1. GNoSR Association. ISBN 978-0902343-30-6.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dee Street Halt
Line and station closed		   Deeside Railway   Torphins
Line and station closed
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