Date: 26/03/2015

Ellon’s railway line could be reopened as part of the City Region Deal, the Press and Journal can reveal today. The ambitious plans to reinstate the 14-mile track, which would run to Dyce, were first put forward earlier this month during talks on the £2.9billion deal for the north-east. [From John Yellowlees]

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Ellons railway line could be reopened as part of the City Region Deal, the Press and Journal can reveal today.

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BR Standard 2-6-4 tank 80028 runs through Ellon station with a fish train in May 1959.
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
15/05/1959 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

NBL Type 2 D6148 arrives at Ellon with a northbound train in July 1963.
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
/07/1963 Colin Miller

Classic BR uniforms glimpsed at Ellon from the 12.25 Aberdeen-Fraserburgh train on Saturday 1st May 1965, with driver and secondman hanging out of the NBL Type 2 at the front (yes, a diesel locomotive). The Station Master - identified by the copious gold braid - is Alastair Farquhar, who hailed from Buckie. He had previously been based at lonely Riccarton Junction, and would face yet more change in five months' time when passenger trains were withdrawn from the Fraserburgh and Peterhead lines. [With thanks to Bruce McCartney]
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
01/05/1965 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)