St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)

Introduction

This railway is closed. The railway provided a service from St Combs to Fraserburgh with connections to Aberdeen. The line was owned by the Great North of Scotland Railway.






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This terminus was in the east of Fraserburgh close to the quaysides of the harbour.
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Formartine and Buchan Railway
Fraserburgh goods yard on 1 June 1974, with the 'Buchan Belle' railtour 2-car Met-Cam DMU parked alongside a loading bank. The last freight would ...
Bill Roberton 01/06/1974
Fraserburgh in the summer of 1965. NBL Type 2 D6123 is preparing to depart with a service for Aberdeen whilst sister locomotive D6144 shunts in the ...
Brian Haslehust 16/08/1965
NBL Type 2 D6144 shunting in the yard at Fraserburgh in August 1965. Like most of the class this loco had a very short life. Into service in 1960, ...
Brian Haslehust 16/08/1965
A Fraserburgh - Aberdeen goods passing Kirkton on 7 July 1951 hauled by ex-GNSR D40 4-4-0 62261. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 07/07/1951
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This was a single platform halt on the line from Fraserburgh to St Combs located to the south of Fraserburgh close to Fraserburgh Golf Course and the esplanade. Just to the north was the Fraserburgh Beach Train miniature railway.
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St Combs train passing Fraserburgh Golf course. 2.6.0 46460. ...
G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. 06/08/1954
Ex-GER 2-4-0T 67164 approaching the platform at Kirkton Bridge Halt shortly after leaving Fraserburgh with a train for St Combs in July 1951. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow /07/1951
Shortly after leaving Fraserburgh in the summer of 1954, F4 2-4-2T no 67157 begins to turn east away from the Aberdeen route at Kirkton with a train ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 04/08/1954
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This was a single platform halt immediately east of Philorth Bridge on the St Combs branch.
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F4 2-4-2T 67164 calls at Philorth Bridge Halt with a St Combs - Fraserburgh train in July 1951, the month before its withdrawal from Kittybrewster ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow /07/1951
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This was a single platform station with a loop and a goods yard at the west end, approached from the west.
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Looking north at the former Cairnbulg station. ...
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Ivatt 2-6-0 no 46460 with a St Combs branch train at Cairnbulg on 3 January 1953. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 03/01/1953
Site of Cairnbulg railway station, looking south-east towards St Combs. Part of the station site is now a bus-turning circle, but the trackbed can ...
John Williamson 24/02/2008
The distinctive links landscape of the St Combs branch, seen looking back towards Cairnbulg from the rear of the 2.15pm DMU from Fraserburgh on ...
Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 01/05/1965
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There is something ironic about the St Combs bus turning circle being sited where the old railway station was until 1965. The platform and tracks were ...
Mark Bartlett 27/10/2023
Approach to St Combs station, 3.8.1954. ...
G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. 03/08/1954
Extract from the Scottish Region passenger timetable 1960-61 showing the St Combs branch. Its perhaps hard to see why this branch survived long enough ...
David Panton 12/09/1960
A Cravens DMU at St Combs in August 1964. All that remains on the platform to welcome passengers is a converted goods van body, a poor alternative to ...
Brian Haslehust 23/08/1964
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