Wartle railway station
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Wartle | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Wartle, Aberdeenshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°21′36″N 2°28′01″W / 57.360°N 2.467°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NJ720301 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 September 1857[1] | Opened to passengers and goods | ||||
| 1 October 1951[1] | Closed to passengers | ||||
| 10 August 1964[2] | Closed to goods | ||||
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Wartle railway station was a railway station that served local farms and the nearby hamlet of Meikle Wartle, Aberdeenshire.[3] It was opened in 1857 by the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway, later part of the Great North of Scotland Railway, then the LNER and finally British Railways, on the 29+3⁄4-mile (47.9 km) long[4] branchline from Inveramsay to Macduff. The station closed to regular passenger services in 1951 and to goods traffic in 1964.[2]
The station was the first of the intermediate stations on the branch and lay 3 miles 48 chains (5.8 km) from the junction of the line at Inveramsay.[2] It was on the original 1857 section of the line, the line being extended to Macduff on 4 June 1860.[5] A post office stood nearby close to the level crossing.[6] It lay at 352 feet (107 m) above sea level.
Infrastructure
Wartle did not have a signal box, but photographs show that signals were present in later days. The single platform stood on the north-east side of the track and the line was single track. The station and station house were brick built in a 'U' shape with the front centre area covered at the front by a canopy. To the north-west of the station lay a level crossing. To the south-west was a goods yard with a goods shed approached from the south-east.[6] Several building stood in and close to the goods yard.[6] A loading dock lay parallel to one of the sidings.
Remains
The station may survive as a private house however the buildings may have been demolished or greatly altered.[7]