Lethenty railway station

The railway station opened on 26 June 1856^[3] or 1 October 1856.^[4][5] and closed to passengers on 2 November 1931.

The station continued to be used for freight traffic until closure on 6 February 1961.^[6][7]

The station lay 2.25 miles (3.62 km) from Inverurie.^[4] In the early 20th century, the station and the platform were rebuilt using stone for the latter and wood for the former. It had a single siding that lay beyond the level crossing that served the Lethenty meal mill via a waggon turntable.^[4]

The station lay at 195 feet (59 m) above sea level on a section of single track. For down trains, the line presented a steady but not severe climb towards Fingask at 244 feet (74 m) and Oldmeldrum at 264 feet (80 m). No signals or passing loop were present.^[4]

Lethenty had facilities for parcels, freight, horseboxes, and livestock.^[8] It had no crane and did not serve private carriages or furniture vans.^[9] The staff originally consisted of a stationmaster and porter.^[9] In 1915 milk churns, parcels and freight traffic were quite regular.^[10]

The platform survives; however, the station building has been demolished. A railway cottage still stands nearby.

All trains stopped at Lethenty, unlike the service at Fingask.^[11] The line had no Sunday service. Tickets were issued from Lethenty in 1937 and 1938 despite the 1931 closure.^[12] These may represent tickets for onward travel from Inverurie issued while the station was still staffed, or they may relate to passengers travelling in the freight train goods van permitted at the time. The last railtour to visit the line was in June 1965 with a two car DMU.^[13]

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• McLeish, Duncan (2014). Rails to Banff, Macduff and Oldmeldrum. Pub. GNoSRA. ISBN 978-0902343-26-9.

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