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Bullers O'Buchan Platform railway station

Bullers O'Buchan
The site of the Bullers O'Buchan Platform in 1961
General information
Location	Peterhead Scotland
Grid reference	NK106379
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1900[1]	Opened
31 October 1932[1]	Closed
7 November 1945	Line closed to freight

Boddam Branch Line

Overview
Dates of operation	2 August 1897–1945
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length	15 miles (24 km)
Route map Legend Boddam Longhaven Bullers o' Buchan Cruden Bay Hatton Pitlurg Auchmacoy Formartine & Buchan Rly toMaud Junction Ellon Formartine & Buchan Rly toDyce This diagram: view talk edit

Bullers O'Buchan Platform railway station also known as Bullers O'Buchan Halt railway station was a railway station serving visitors to the Bullers of Buchan, a spectacular collapsed sea cave, and to the old fishing village. The station was located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

History[edit]

The EllontoBoddam branch or Crudens Railway^[2] was opened on 2 August 1897, serving a resort hotel and golf course at Cruden Bay^[3] but closed to passenger services on 31 October 1932 and to freight on 7 November 1945.^[4]

The station at Bullers O'Buchan however only opened in 1900, being closed on 31 October 1932^[1] earlier than other stations that remained open for freight; the track throughout the branch was lifted in 1950 following the closure to freight services on 7 November 1945. The line in 1932 had been closed for the winter however the LNER never re-started the passenger service. Passenger closure dates of 1/11/32, 31/10/32 and 1/11/32 have also been suggested. In 1948 a large number of wagons were stored at Bullers O'Buchan.^[5]

Infrastructure[edit]

The single platformed station was 12 miles (19 km) from Ellon and was linked to the nearby road by a short path and stood to the west of the old railway overbridge on the shore side of the line beyond the embankment. The station had no signalling and stood on a typical single track section of the line.^[6] An old railway cottage survives close to the remnants of the rail bridge abutment. Nothing now remains of the line at the site of the old station.

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References[edit]

• 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.
• Dalgarno, James (1986) [1897]. From The Brig O'Balgownie to The Bullers O'Buchan with The Golf Courses (1986 Reprint ed.). Collieston : Caledonian Books.
• Vallance, H. A. (27 June 1991). Great North of Scotland Railway. The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Vol. 3. David St John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-60-0.

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