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A second company, the Deeside Extension Railway, was incorporated in 1857 to continue the line to Aboyne where it opened the station on 2 December 1859 as its terminus. [1] [2] The line was extended to Ballater by a third company, Aboyne and Braemar Railway, which opened on 17 October 1866 when the station ceased to be a terminus. [3]
The Deeside Railway was a passenger and goods railway between Aberdeen and Ballater in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opening in 1853 to Banchory , an extension reached Aboyne in 1859. A separate company, the Aboyne & Braemar Railway, built an extension to Ballater and this opened in 1866.
The loch is artificial, created by the Aboyne Castle estate. On 9 February 1891 he Aberdeen Free Press advertised a special train from Aberdeen along the Deeside line to the Loch of Aboyne Platform for a bonspiel on the 10 February between curlers from the south and north of the River Don. [2]
Aberdeen railway station is the main railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is located on Guild Street in the city centre, next to Union Square. The station is managed by ScotRail.
Dinnet railway station was opened on 17 October 1866 by the Aboyne and Braemar Railway and served Dinnet village [2] from 1899 to 1966 as an intermediate station on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. Dinnet is located close to the River Dee in the parish of Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The Aberdeen Railway was a Scottish railway company which built a line from Aberdeen to Forfar and Arbroath, partly by leasing and upgrading an existing railway. The line opened in stages between 1847 and 1850, with branches to Brechin and Montrose .
Aberdeen Ferryhill railway station, original terminus of the Aberdeen Railway, opened 1 April 1854 and closed 2 August 1854. [2] Aberdeen Guild Street railway station, on the Aberdeen Railway; used as a freight terminal after the construction of the Joint station, opened 2 August 1854 and closed 4 November 1867. [2]
Aboyne has many businesses, including a Co-Op supermarket, [5] several hairdressers, a butcher, a newsagent, an Indian restaurant and a post office. Originally, there was a railway station in the village, but it was closed on 18 June 1966. The station now contains some shops and the tunnel running under the village is now home to a firearms ...