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This article contains lists of named passenger trains in the United Kingdom. These are specific regular journeys identified by a special name in the timetable, not to be confused with the names of engines or individual physical train rakes. One-off charter and sporadic special trains are not included.
Freight trains continued to operate to Peterhead until 1970 and to Fraserburgh until 1979. The track through Maud station was subsequently lifted. Maud Junction was a major railhead for N. E. Scotland cattle transport. An auction mart in the village was the source of Aberdeenshire beef cattle for transport to all parts of Great Britain.
The Northern Lights is a named British passenger train operated by London North Eastern Railway. It runs daily in each direction between London King's Cross and Aberdeen via the East Coast Main Line and Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line. The northbound service departs London King's Cross at 10:00 am, and the southbound service departs Aberdeen at 09:52 am
British Rail's Motorail service ran between London and Aberdeen from 1968 [9] until Friday 26 May 1995. [10] Plans to reintroduce a Motorail service between London and Aberdeen operated by Motorail Ltd were announced December 1998 [11] and confirmed in March 1999. [12] Signage at Aberdeen station in May 2012, showing National Rail double-arrow logo
Highland Main Line and A9 next to each other in Perthshire, September 2000 The line crosses the Dalguise Viaduct. The vast majority of the line was built and operated by the Highland Railway, with a small section of the line between Perth and Stanley built by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, amalgamated with the Aberdeen Railway to become the Scottish North Eastern Railway in 1856, and ...
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]
Three trains work north of Aberdeen as part of the Crossrail project – one each southbound from Inverurie and Dyce and a northbound service to Dyce. Aberdeen Crossrail has increased the number of services stopping at Dyce with connections for Aberdeen Airport. [2]
As of May 2022, There is a basic two-hourly frequency in each directions (with peak extras), to Inverness northbound and Aberdeen southbound, giving a total of 11 trains each way. The first departure to Aberdeen each weekday and Saturday continues south to Edinburgh Waverley, and another continues to Stonehaven in the evening. On Sundays there ...