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Aboyne Curling Pond railway station, also known as Loch of Aboyne Platform or Curlers' Platform, [1] was a nearby private station opened on the Deeside Extension Railway for the use of the curlers, who played on the nearby Loch of Aboyne. The station closed for passengers on 28 February 1966 and for goods on 18 July 1966. [1] [6]
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.
A new company, the Aboyne Extension opened the line to Aboyne in 1859, and the Aboyne & Braemar Railway extended the line to Ballater in 1866. [128] The Aberdeen joint station became the terminus when this opened in 1867. [6]
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 .
Aboyne Curling Pond railway station, Loch of Aboyne Platform or Curlers' Platform [1] was a private station opened on the Deeside Extension Railway for the use of the curlers, who played on the nearby Loch of Aboyne close to the old Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater.
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 ...
Ballater railway station; Ballindalloch railway station; Banchory railway station; Banff Bridge railway station; Banff railway station (Scotland) Bankhead railway station (Aberdeen) Bieldside railway station; Birchfield Halt railway station; Blacksboat railway station; Boat of Garten railway station; Boddam railway station; Bridgefoot Halt ...
In 1845 the Great North of Scotland Railway was formed to build a railway from Aberdeen to Inverness.The proposed 108 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile (174.2 km) route, which needed few major engineering works, followed the River Don to Inverurie, via Huntly and Keith to a crossing of the River Spey, and then to Elgin and along the coast via Nairn to Inverness.