St Cyrus railway station

St Cyrus railway station served the village of St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland from 1865 to 1951.

St Cyrus
LocationSt Cyrus, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates56.7744°N 2.4149°W / 56.7744; -2.4149
Grid referenceNO747648
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMontrose and Bervie Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1865 (1865-11-01)Opened
1 October 1951 (1951-10-01)Closed

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1865 by the Montrose and Bervie Railway.[1][2]

The goods yard was to the west of the line and slightly south of the station.[3] It had a loop, a goods shed and a 15 hundredweight (1,700 lb) crane. The yard was able to accommodate live stock.[4]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach in 1935 and possibly one for some of 1934, then it hosted two coaches from 1936 to 1939.[5] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1957 to 1963.[6]

The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic when the line closed to passengers on 1 October 1951.[1] The line closed for goods traffic on 23 May 1966.[7]

References
  1. Quick 2019, p. 351.
  2. Grant 2017, p. 387.
  3. "St Cyrus station on OS 25inch map Kincardineshire XXX.3 (St Cyrus)". National Library of Scotland. 1904. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 470.
  5. McRae 1997, p. 11.
  6. McRae 1998, p. 28.
  7. Hurst 1992, pp. 6 & 44 (refs 0246 & 1997).

Bibliography
  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
  • The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
North Water Bridge Halt
Line and station closed		   Scottish North Eastern Railway
Montrose and Bervie Railway		   Lauriston
Line and station closed


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