Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

By : Kaushik Biswas

Published On: 2016-12-17

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1. Abbey of Deer Platform railway station
2. Aboyne railway station
3. Alford railway station
4. Arnage railway station
5. Auchmacoy railway station
6. Auchnagatt railway station
7. Auchterless railway station
8. Ballater railway station
9. Banchory railway station
10. Banff railway station (Aberdeenshire)
11. Banff Bridge railway station
12. Boddam railway station
13. Bridgefoot Halt railway station
14. Brucklay railway station
15. Buchanstone railway station
16. Cairnbulg railway station
17. Cornhill railway station
18. Crathes railway station
19. Cruden Bay railway station
20. Dee Street Halt railway station
21. Ellon railway station
22. Esslemont railway station
23. Fingask railway station
24. Fraserburgh railway station
25. Fyvie railway station
26. Glenbarry railway station
27. Golf Club House Halt railway station
28. Hatton railway station (Aberdeenshire)
29. Inveramsay railway station
30. Inverugie railway station
31. Kemnay railway station
32. Kinaldie railway station
33. King Edward railway station
34. Kintore railway station
35. Knock railway station (Banffshire)
36. Ladysbridge railway station
37. Lethenty railway station
38. Logierieve railway station
39. Longhaven railway station
40. Longside railway station
41. Lonmay railway station
42. Macduff railway station
43. Maud Junction railway station
44. Millegin railway station
45. Mintlaw railway station
46. Monymusk railway station
47. Mormond railway station
48. Newmachar railway station
49. Newseat railway station
50. Old Meldrum railway station
51. Ordens railway station
52. Oyne railway station
53. Parkhill railway station
54. Peterhead Docks railway station
55. Peterhead railway station
56. Philorth Bridge Halt railway station
57. Philorth railway station
58. Pitcaple railway station
59. Pitlurg railway station
60. Plaidy railway station
61. Port Elphinstone railway station
62. Portsoy railway station
63. Rathen railway station
64. Rothienorman railway station
65. St Combs railway station
66. Strichen railway station
67. Tillynaught railway station
68. Tillyfourie railway station
69. Turriff railway station
70. Udny railway station
71. Wartle railway station
72. Whitehouse railway station

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Aberdeenshire

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Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.

An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers.

Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations. During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations" (Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory.

Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or ot

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