Newseat Halt
Location type
StationNames and dates
Newseat (1862-1930)Newseat Halt (1930-1965)
Opened on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station on the north side of the line.
The two storey former station building is now in use as a house following a long period of dereliction after closure of the line. The building was not typical of the line and dates from after the opening.
Local
Tags
Station footpathExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Inverugie Longside Peterhead Boddam Longhaven Mintlaw Pitfour Curling Club Platform Bullers O^ Buchan Halt Abbey of Deer Halt Hatton [GNSR] Cruden Bay Mormond Halt Lonmay Strichen Pitlurg | Peterhead Shed Crosse and Blackwell [Peterhead] Livingston and Co Shipyard A and J Buchan Boatyard Ugie Viaduct Peterhead Harbour HM Prison Peterhead Shipyard Peterhead North Harbour Boatyard Peterhead Southern Breakwater Peterhead Northern Breakwater Peterhead Power Station Stirling Hill Quarry Tourist/other Peterhead Bay RNAS Longside |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 03/07/1862 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Old Deer and Mintlaw to Peterhead opened. Stations opened at Longside, Newseat, Inverugie, Peterhead. |
| / /1890 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Newseat station rebuilt. |
| 04/05/1965 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Peterhead to Maud junction closed to passengers. (Alternative date 3/5/1965). Peterhead, Inverugie, Newseat Halt, Longside and Mintlaw closed. |
Books
 Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |
