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. By 1855 there were five services a day over the 43+1⁄4-mile (69.6 km) long line, taking between 1 hour 50 minutes and 2+1⁄2 hours. The line was used by the Royal Train for travel to and from Balmoral Castle from 1853 and a special 'Messenger Train' ran daily when the Royal Family was in residence.
The railways were absorbed by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) on 1 August 1875 for the Deeside Railway and 31 January 1876 for the Aboyne & Braemar.[1] The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, and part of British Railways when nationalised in 1948. Passenger services were withdrawn on 28 February 1966 and the line was closed completely to Ballater on 18 July 1966 and to Culter on 2 January 1967.
The DeesideRailway was a passenger and goods railway between Aberdeen and Ballater in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opening in 1853 to Banchory, an extension...
The Royal DeesideRailway is a Scottish heritage railway located at Milton of Crathes railway station on a part of the original DeesideRailway. Originally...
crossed the DeesideRailway. Whilst in discussions with the SNER about a link from this new line to the Deeside, a lease for the DeesideRailway was offered...
Deeside (Welsh: Glannau Dyfrdwy) is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales–England...
Railway Year Book for 1920. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 260. John W Gahan, Steel Wheels to Deeside: The Wirral Railway Past...
The Deeside Way is a 41-mile (66 km) rail trail that follows, in part, the bed of the former DeesideRailway in Aberdeenshire. Forming part of the National...
1853 Banchory railway station was opened on the DeesideRailway. The station was closed by British Rail in 1966. The town is on the Deeside Way, a shared...
Mills of Drum railway station was opened in September 1853 by the DeesideRailway and served the rural area around Park House and Crathes estates at the...
others were Aboyne to Banchory by the Deeside Extension Railway and Banchory to Aberdeen by the DeesideRailway. All three sections of the branch were...
train was powered by many lead-acid batteries, and was used on the DeesideRailway from Aberdeen to Ballater in Scotland from April 1958 until it was...
Barmouth. The Flint and DeesideRailway Preservation Society was founded in 1972 with the aim of re-opening a closed railway. At first the society was...
Dess railway station was opened on 2 December 1859 on the Deeside Extension Railway and served the rural area around Dess House and estate from 1859 to...
Drum railway station was opened in January 1854 by the DeesideRailway and served the rural area around Drum Castle estate. The DeesideRailway was taken...
Halls, opposite the railway station, were completed in 1895. Ballater railway station, the former terminus of the DeesideRailway, was closed in 1966...
Dinnet village from 1899 to 1966 as an intermediate station on the DeesideRailway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. Dinnet is located close...
Curling Pond railway station, Loch of Aboyne Platform or Curlers' Platform was a private station opened on the Deeside Extension Railway for the use of...
Milton of Crathes railway station is located at Milton of Crathes, three miles east of Banchory, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom...
by the Great North of Scotland Railway. With a population of around 1,400, it is one of the larger villages in Deeside. The name Torphins may come from...
uncertain. Adam Watson and Elizabeth Allan wrote in The Place Names of Upper Deeside that the second part meant "big spot (of ground)". Alexander MacBain suggested...
the DeesideRailway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. The station was opened in 1859 on the Deeside branch by the Aboyne Extension Railway and...
03 locomotive was, together with the similar Class 04, one of British Railways' most successful 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. 230 were built at Doncaster...
Arthurseat. The former DeesideRailway ran along the northern edge of the park. The park is now the starting point for the Deeside Way, a long-distance...
to 1966 Dinnet railway station on the DeesideRailway served the village and locality. Dinnet. Royal Deeside. Dinnet (3). Royal Deeside. James, Alan G...
polymerase, an enzyme for RNA production Royal DeesideRailway, a heritage railway in Scotland Radyr railway station (National Rail station code) Registered...
nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. They are named for Dr. Richard Beeching, then-chair of the British Railways Board and the...
of railway services in the UK, some services were cut in the 1960s. These included those running north to Peterhead and Ellon as well as the Deeside Line...
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