Ferryhill Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Ferryhill Junction (1853-1967)

Opened on the Deeside Railway.
Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.

Description

This was the junction between the Deeside Railway and the Aberdeen Railway. The junction was just north of Ferryhill Shed [1st] and the Dee Viaduct and south of Ferryhill (Aberdeen) (which survived until 1854 to be replaced by Aberdeen Guild Street), later replaced by Aberdeen Joint. The junction gave access to the branch from Aberdeen Joint.

Ferryhill Shed was within the 'V' of the junction.

The Deeside Railway was doubled as far as Cults in 1884.

The signal box, which had been in the 'V' of the junction between the Deeside and line to the south, was replaced with a new larger box on the west side of the junction in 1905. Further lines ran to the expanded Aberdeen Joint and the shed had been enlarged. Signal bridges were erected over the main line junction approaches.

In 1951/53 the Deeside line was reduced to a single track to as far west as Culter, the westbound line was lifted. The line remained double track between the junction and a short distance to the west.

The Deeside closed in 1967.

The junction box closed in 1981, replaced by the Aberdeen Signalling Centre. Ferryhill Shed closed in 1988.

Tags

Junction




Nearby stations
Aberdeen Ferryhill
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Guild Street
Holburn Street
Aberdeen Waterloo
Schoolhill
Ruthrieston
Hutcheon Street
Aberdeen Kittybrewster
Kittybrewster [1st]
Kittybrewster [2nd]
Pitfodels Halt
Cove Bay
Don Street
Woodside [GNSR]
Ferryhill Foundry
Ferryhill MPD
Ferryhill Shed [1st]
Dee Viaduct
Aberdeen Signalling Centre
Aberdeen Corporation Electricity Works
Craiginches North Sidings
Craiginches Saw Mill
Aberdeen South Signal Box
Duthie Park
Craiginches Iron Works
Pitmuxton Siding
Clayhills Yard
Tourist/other
Devanha Distillery
Ferryhill House
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Other uses for a cattle bank


By Ferryhill Junction was a cattle depot with a loading bank. The Caledonian Railway would issue tickets to admit well-wishers here when the Royal Train was going to or from the Deeside Railway, the train did not run through to Aberdeen but reversed at the junction. For a train from the branch the Great North of Scotland Railway locomotives would be taken off at the north end and the Caledonian Railway locomotives added to the south end.



Chronology Dates

28/05/1852Deeside Railway
Deeside Railway re-authorised from Ferryhill Junction to Banchory [1st].
03/08/1854Aberdeen Railway Deeside Railway
The Deeside Railway is granted running powers over the Aberdeen Railway between the Aberdeen (Guild Street) terminus and Ferryhill Junction. The payment required was established in 1855.
14/06/1884Deeside Railway
Doubled from Ferryhill Junction to Cults.
  /  /1899Aberdeen Joint (Caledonian Railway) Aberdeen Railway
Authorisation to rebuild and enlarge Aberdeen Joint station and considerably widen the lines, (from two tracks to five to six), south from Denburn Junction to Ferryhill Junction.
  /  /1951Deeside Railway
Line singled from Park to Culter, Murtle, Cults and Ferryhill Junction. Drum station and signal box closed.
28/02/1966Aboyne and Braemar Railway
Ballater to Aberdeen (Ferryhill Junction) closed to passengers.
02/01/1967Deeside Railway
Culter to Ferryhill Junction closed to freight. Culter Paper Mill ceases to be rail served.

Books


A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Aberdeen 1900: Aberdeenshire Sheet 75.11 (Old O.S. Maps of Aberdeenshire)

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: 40 Coast and Country Walks

Aberdeen City Centre History Tour

Aberdeen City Centre Through Time

Aberdeen in Old Picture Postcards

Aberdeen in the Fifties and Sixties

Aberdeen Remembered: By Aberdeen City Libraries and Museums

Aberdeen, Inverurie and Pitmedden (OS Landranger Map)

Aberdeen: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (RIAS illustrated architectural guides to Scotland)

Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland)

Aberdeenshire's Lost Railways

Angus and Kincardineshire's Lost Railways

BR Steam in Colour: London to Aberdeen from the Bill Reed Collection

Bradshaw's Guide Scotland's Railways East Coast Berwick to Aberdeen & Beyond: Volume 6

Brechin 1901: Forfarshire Sheet 28.13 (Old O.S. Maps of Forfarshire)

British Railways Steam - King's Cross to Aberdeen: From the Bill Reed Collection

Bygone Montrose: With Inverkeilor, Lunan Bay, Rossie, Usan, Ferryden, Bridge of Dun, Hillside, Dubton and Craigo

Caledonian Routes 1: Aberdeen, Strathmore Line & Branches

Cock o' the North: Aberdeen to Kyle of Lochalsh - Study in Diesel Power Through Its Various Stages

Deeside Line: The North-east's Royal Railway

Great North Memories: Aberdeen No. 2: Scenes of the North East's Own 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

Hidden Aberdeen: History on Your Doorstep and Under Your Feet

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

Joint Station: Aberdeen Station, 1867-1992

Landranger (54) Dundee & Montrose, Forfar & Arbroath (OS Landranger Map)

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Montrose The Postcard Collection

Montrose Through Time
National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases: Aberdeen v. 1m
On Either Side, 1939: The Train between London King's Cross & Edinburgh Waverley, Fort William, Inverness & Aberdeen (Old House)

OS Explorer Map (389) Forfar, Brechin and Edzell (OS Explorer Paper Map) (OS Explorer Active Map)

Railways Of Scotland 4: Aberdeen And The Grampians DVD - Cinerail

Railways Of Scotland 7: Perth To Kinnaber Junction DVD - Cinerail

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

The Montrose & Bervie Railway: A Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770-1966

The Railways of Aberdeen: 150 Years of History: One Hundred and Fifty Years of History
The Railways of Strathmore (Perth, Forfar and Brechin)The 'Subbies': The story of Aberdeen's suburban trains 1887-1987