Newtonhill

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Newtonhill (1851-1956)

Station code: NWH National Rail
Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station. A signal box on the west side of the line remained until April 2019. The site is now controlled from Aberdeen.

There were sidings on both sides of the line, approached from the south.

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
08/05/2019


Chronology Dates

  /  /1851Aberdeen Railway
Craigo and Newtonhill opened.
11/06/1956Aberdeen Railway
Carmont, Cove Bay, Newtonhill and Portlethen closed.
  /  /2005Aberdeen Railway
In excess of 96% of those surveyed in Newtonhill support re-opening of the station.
  /04/2010Aberdeen Railway
Following the success of re-opening Laurencekirk, Muchalls and Cammachmore Community Council appeals for re-opening of Newtonhill station.
  /07/2011Aberdeen Railway
A petition to Transport Secretary Keith Brown signed by nearly half the residents of Newtonhill ask for the station's re-opening.

News items

01/11/2023Petition to reopen former railway stations reaches almost 1,500 signatures [Scotsman]
21/07/2023More than 1,000 people sign petition to reopen Cove and Newtonhill stations [Press and Journal]
28/06/2023Petition launched to reopen Cove and Newtonhill railway stations [Scotsman]
27/04/2023'Just get a move on': Cove Rangers chairman urges progress on Cove and Newtonhill railway stations [Press and Journal]
28/09/2021Public asked for feedback on travelling between Aberdeen and Laurencekirk [Mearns Leader]
20/09/2021Do you want new railway platforms at Cove, Altens and Newtonhill? Time to have your say [Evening Express]
20/04/2021Call for Scottish Government to consider £200 million north-east rail improvements an urgent priority [Evening Express]
05/04/2021Call for findings into north-east stations to be published [Evening Express]
24/11/2020North-east train stations prime contenders for reopening as Scottish Conservatives pledge review of 1960s Beeching railway cuts [Press and Journal]
05/07/2012Expansion of railway in north-east back on track [Press and Journal]

Books


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

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

Hidden Aberdeen: History on Your Doorstep and Under Your Feet

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

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