Aberdeen Waterloo railway station
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Aberdeen Waterloo | |
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General information | |
Location | Aberdeen |
Coordinates | 57°08′49″N 2°05′13″W / 57.147°N 2.087°W |
History | |
Original company | Great North of Scotland Railway |
Pre-grouping | GNoSR |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
1 April 1856 | Station opened to replace Aberdeen Kittybrewster[1] |
4 November 1867 | Station closed and replaced by Aberdeen Joint[1] |
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Aberdeen Waterloo station opened on 1 April 1856[1] to serve the Great North of Scotland Railway main line to Keith. It was located on Waterloo Quay in the city centre. It closed to passengers in 1867[1] once Aberdeen Joint opened, but the track remains in use as a freight siding for the docks. The passenger station buildings were demolished in the 1960s.[2]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 12
- ^ "Sites and Monuments Record: Railway Station, Waterloo". Aberdeen City Council Website. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
Sources
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Aberdeen
- Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1867
- 1856 establishments in Scotland
- Former buildings and structures in Scotland
- 1867 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
- Scotland railway station stubs
- Aberdeen stubs