Ellon railway station
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Ellon | |||||
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_geograph-3455202-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg) Site of the station in 1997 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Ellon, Aberdeenshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°22′05″N 2°05′06″W / 57.368°N 2.085°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NJ950308 | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Formartine and Buchan Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 18 July 1861[1] | Opened as Ellon for Cruden | ||||
| 2 August 1897[1] | Renamed | ||||
| 4 October 1965[1] | Closed | ||||
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Ellon railway station was a railway station serving Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland[2], on the Formartine and Buchan Railway. It opened in 1861 and closed in 1965.
Ellon railway station (originally Ellon for Cruden) was situated on the Formartine and Buchan Railway, which ran from Peterhead and Fraserburgh to Dyce, where it connected with the Great North of Scotland Railway to Aberdeen.
A few years after opening, the station became a junction for the Boddam branch line, which ran to Boddam via Cruden Bay. In its heyday it had three platforms, two for the main line and one for the Boddam branch, as well as a substantial goods yard. The branch line closed in 1932 and was subsequently used to store wagons until the track was lifted in 1950.
The station was situated in the Auchterellon area, about 1 mile from Ellon town centre.
Ellon survived until 1965, when passenger services were withdrawn from the Formartine and Buchan Railway due to the Beeching Axe. The line was closed to freight in 1978, with the tracks being lifted soon afterwards.
