Date: 24/08/2021

The Campaign for North East Rail group have launched #ConnectPeterhead as they look to convince the Scottish Government to extend the railway to the Blue Toon.

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Railway campaign group say "Ellon isn't far enough"

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The Campaign for North East Rail group have launched #ConnectPeterhead as they...

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Looking north at Ellon on 15 May 1959. The Station Hotel is just visible on the left of the picture.
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
15/05/1959 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port continued for a further 5 years. Nothing of the railway remains here today, with the site now occupied by Peterhead Academy see image [[17391]].
Location: Peterhead
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
24/05/1969 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

The GNSR coat-of-arms seen at the former Cruden Bay Hotel, circa 1961.
Location: Cruden Bay
Company: Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway)
//1961 David Murray-Smith

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