Global InformationWartle railway station information
Wartle | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Wartle, Aberdeenshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°21′36″N 2°28′01″W / 57.360°N 2.467°W |
| Grid reference | NJ720301 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 5 September 1857[1] | Opened to passengers and goods |
| 1 October 1951[1] | Closed to passengers |
| 10 August 1964[2] | Closed to goods |
Wartle railway station was a railway station that served local farms and the nearby hamlet of Meikle Wartle, Aberdeenshire.[3] It was opened in 1857 by the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway, later part of the Great North of Scotland Railway, then the LNER and finally British Railways, on the 29+3⁄4-mile (47.9 km) long[4] branchline from Inveramsay to Macduff. The station closed to regular passenger services in 1951 and to goods traffic in 1964.[2]
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 241.
- ^ a b McLeish, p.79
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38
- ^ McLeish, p.32