Esslemont

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Esslemont (1861-1952)

Opened on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.

Description

This was a single platform station for much of its existence, a loop and second platform being added in 1919 - although this loop was only used in busy seasons. The station was around 1 km south east of Esslemont itself.

There was a goods yard at the south end, west side of the line, approached from the south.

The loop was short lived and was taken out in 1925. The station closed in 1952 and the line in 1979.

The station building remains intact, in use as a house. The northbound platform is largely intact and the southbound less so and overgrown.

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

18/07/1861Formartine and Buchan Railway
Opened from Dyce (Great North of Scotland Railway) to Old Deer and Mintlaw. Stations opened at Parkhill, Newmachar, Udny, Newburgh Road, Esslemont, Ellon, Arnage, Auchnagatt, Brucklay [1st] and Old Deer and Mintlaw.
03/08/1919Formartine and Buchan Railway
Esslemont loop opened.
  /  /1925Formartine and Buchan Railway
Esslemont loop and Up platform closed.
15/09/1952Formartine and Buchan Railway
Esslemont closed.

Books


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