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31/08/2021 Let's back the campaign to #connectPeterhead to the rail network [Buchan Observer] The Campaign for North East Rail (CNER) has officially launched #connectPeterhead calling for the town to be reconnected to the national rail network. (Permalink) Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead Buchan Observer Formartine and Buchan Railway Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway)
26/08/2021 SNP-Greens deal boosts Peterhead and Fraserburgh rail hopes [Buchan Observer] The campaign to connect Peterhead, Fraserburgh and other North-east towns to the rail network has been boosted by a commitment by the SNP and Green Party to improve the area's public transport. (Permalink) Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Fraserburgh Peterhead Buchan Observer
24/08/2021 Railway campaign group say 'Ellon isn't far enough' [Northsound 1] 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. (Permalink) Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Peterhead Cruden Bay: The GNSR coat-of-arms seen at the former Cruden Bay Hotel, circa 1961. David Murray-Smith //1961 Ellon: Looking north at Ellon on 15 May 1959. The Station Hotel is just visible on the left of the picture. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/05/1959 Peterhead: 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 Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port contin ... Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 24/05/1969 Northsound 1 Formartine and Buchan Railway Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway)
16/08/2021 How to cut half a million car journeys and 32k tonnes of carbon in a year? A new regional railway is the answer [Evening Express] Plans to revive forgotten railway stations around the north-east wont just benefit rural residents, but could actually help save the planet. (Permalink) Aberdeen Boddam Branch (Great North of Scotland Railway) Cruden Bay Dyce Ellon Formartine and Buchan Railway Hatton Newmachar Peterhead Pitmeddan Cruden Bay: The GNSR coat-of-arms seen at the former Cruden Bay Hotel, circa 1961. David Murray-Smith //1961 Newmachar: View north from the footbridge at Newmachar station on 15 August 1960 as B1 4-6-0 no 61352 waits at the platform with empty stock for storage on the stub of the Boddam branch. The train is about to cr ... G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1960 Ellon: Drivers view approaching Ellon in June 1974 - the trackbed and platform that once served the Boddam branch can be seen on the right. John McIntyre 01/06/1974 Evening Express