Study to explore rail reinstatement between Aberdeen and Buchan [BBC News]
Date: 01/09/2023
Campaigners want to see trains running to Buchan again, more than 50 years after the service ended.
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Study to explore rail reinstatement between Aberdeen and Buchan
BBC News
Campaigners want to see trains running to Buchan again, more than 50 years after the service ended.
Campaign for north-east rail reinstatement takes a leap forward
Grampian Online
Ambitious plans to reinstate rail links between Aberdeen and Buchan have taken a major step forward with the contract awarded for a Transport Study.
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Drivers view approaching Ellon in June 1974 - the trackbed and platform that once served the Boddam branch can be seen on the right.
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
01/06/1974 John McIntyre
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
01/06/1974 John McIntyre
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 Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port continued for a further 5 years.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)
Location: Peterhead
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
24/05/1969 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Fraserburgh in the summer of 1964, with an NBL Type 2 awaiting departure. A Cravens diesel unit can also be spotted beneath the station canopy.
Location: Fraserburgh
Company: St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)
23/08/1964 Brian Haslehust
Location: Fraserburgh
Company: St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)
23/08/1964 Brian Haslehust
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