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The Campaign for North East Rail (CNER) has been advocating for the removal of the roofs from the railway tunnels at the north end of Aberdeen station, which would allow for an increase in the loading gauge. This move would open up the route to more freight, allowing for the transportation of larger containers by ...
(Permalink) Hutcheon Street Tunnel Railfreight Schoolhill Tunnel


Schoolhill: 158705 emerges from Schoolhill tunnel, with a local service from Inverurie to Arbroath, on 11th February 2020.
Bill Roberton 11/02/2020

In 2022, Campaign for North East Rail (CNER) submitted a FOI request to Network Rail requesting information regarding previous investigatory works undertaken upon the Schoolhill and Hutcheon Street tunnels in Aberdeen.
(Permalink) Campaign for North East Rail Doubling Ellon Hutcheon Street Hutcheon Street Tunnel Schoolhill Schoolhill Tunnel Single track


Berryden Junction: The start of the 'Aberdeen' to Dyce redoubling seems considered to be Kittybrewster but the points are in fact much nearer the former Hutcheon Street station, further south in the Rosemount area. This ...
David Panton 02/10/2019


Schoolhill: The remains of the station building at Schoolhill form a wall with a car park. This station, a (very) short distance from Aberdeen Joint, was apparently served by Deeside line sevices extended at appr ...
David Panton 20/09/2018

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