Drummuir Curlers' Platform railway station
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Drummuir Curlers' Platform | |||||
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 Loch Park from the east | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Dufftown, Moray Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°28′29″N 3°04′12″W / 57.4748°N 3.0701°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NJ359432 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great North of Scotland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1862 | Line opened | ||||
| 1968 | line closed to passengers | ||||
| 1991 | Line closed to all traffic | ||||
| 2001 | Line reopened | ||||
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Drummuir Curlers' Platform railway station[1] was a private station opened on the Keith and Dufftown Railway for the use of the curlers belonging to the Drummuir Curling Club who played on the nearby Loch Park in the parish of Botriphnie. The GNoSR line ran from Keith to Dufftown.
Drummuir Curling Club
The station had been opened by 1902[2] on the old Keith and Dufftown Railway line that had become part of the GNoSR and at grouping merged with the London and North Eastern Railway. It was not shown on later maps. It was located near the Sawmill Cottage on the northern side of the line at the eastern end of the loch.[2] The line itself has been re-opened by a preservation railway.
The Aboyne Curling Club also had a private station, Aboyne Curling Pond railway station that stood beside the Loch of Aboyne on the Deeside Railway.
The loch is artificial, created by the Drummuir Castle estate. The Drummuir Curling Club was formed in 1884 and joined the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in 1886 however it had left by 1922[3] and probably folded shortly after, otherwise the last record of the club was in 1911.[4]
Infrastructure
Services
Apart from advertised events such as bonspiels the stations use would not have been listed and it did not appear on the public timetables, the station being private and the sport had a very seasonal and unpredictable requirement for train services.
The site today
The station site has a lineside hut located on it. A new station to serve the water sports centre is being considered by the Keith and Dufftown Railway preservation society.
