Drum

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Drum (1854-1951)

Opened on the Deeside Railway.

Description

The original station here was a short platform on the north side of the line, a level crossing to the west and beyond that a siding approached from the east.

The station was enlarged to have two platforms and a much larger goods yard to the north, approached from the east. The line was doubled in 1899 between Culter and Park. A signal box opened. This was located at the east end of the eastbound platform with the goods yard just to the north.

The level crossing was replaced by a bridge over the line to the west after the line was doubled.

The line was reduced to a single track between Park and Ferryhill Junction in 1951 and the signal box closed, although a ground frame was fitted for the goods yard. The westbound line was lifted. The station also closed to passengers in 1951.

The line closed west of Culter [2nd] in 1966.

The bridge remains today. The station house remains in use as a house. Drumoak Kitchens is based in the former goods yard.

The station was located in a rural location. Drum Castle is to the north.

Local

Drum Castle

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map



Chronology Dates

  /  /1854Deeside Railway
Millitimber and Drum opened.
  /  /1951Deeside Railway
Line singled from Park to Culter, Murtle, Cults and Ferryhill Junction. Drum station and signal box closed.

News items

07/08/2023Red letter day as refurbished building opens onto Leith Walk [Project Scotland]
08/07/2022Edinburgh Leith Walk Stead's Place offices to open [Glasgow Herald]
28/03/2022Landmark day for major drum disposal project [Direct Rail Services]
11/01/2022Corporate financiers hired for new 2bn port north of Dublin [independent]
20/12/2019Government rejects £50m Leith Walk project [BBC News]
17/01/2011Plea to politicians to save Edinburghs high speed rail bid [Guardian]
01/09/2007Waste hazard near railway [Scotsman]

Books


A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway

Deeside Line: The North-east's Royal Railway

Great North of Scotland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands, vol. 3)

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Great North of Scotland Railway v. 3

Royal Deeside's Railway: Aberdeen to Ballater

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

The Great North of Scotland Railway - A New History