Dess
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Dess (1859-1966)
Opened on the Deeside Extension Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station.
There was a loading bank opposite the passenger platform with a siding approached from the east.
The station and line closed in 1966.
The station, typical of this portion of the line, remains in use as a house. Dess, Lumphannan, Torphins and Glassel were built to the same design.
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StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
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| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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