Persley
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StationName and dates
Persley (1903-1937)Opened on the Great North of Scotland Railway.
Description
This was a two platform suburban station in Aberdeen. The main station building was on the eastbound platform. There were no goods facilities.
The line was doubled between Kittybrewster Junction and Dyce back in 1861, many years before the station opened in 1903.
Mugiemoss Road crossed the line just to the east of the station.
The station closed in 1937 with the withdrawal of local trains,
The line between Dyce and Aberdeen was singled in 1971.
Nothing remains of the station. A new bridge crosses the line, just to the east of the original which still stands.
The line has been redoubled (2019).
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Woodside [GNSR] Bucksburn Don Street Bankhead [Aberdeenshire] Kittybrewster [2nd] Kittybrewster [1st] Aberdeen Kittybrewster Stoneywood Hutcheon Street Bridge of Don Schoolhill Aberdeen Aberdeen Guild Street Dyce Aberdeen Waterloo | Twin Spires Creamery Bucksburn Viaduct Kittybrewster Junction Kittybrewster Yard Stoneywood Paper Works Kittybrewster MPD Kittybrewster Goods Norco Butchers Factory Berryden Junction Hutcheon Street Tunnel Spring Garden Iron Works Schoolhill Tunnel Motor Hut House Tourist/other St Machar's Cathedral Transepts Pittodrie Stadium |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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