Abbey of Deer Platform was a small

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

on the branch line from Maud to Peterhead in the

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county of

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History

The station was opened by the

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...

. It was built to serve the needs of pilgrims visiting the nearby Roman Catholic Abbey and was not an advertised stop. Opening and closing dates are not recorded however it was actively used in the 1930s and 1940s. It was the shortest platformed halt on the old

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system and was a single wooden railway sleeper depth and length only, accessed by steps down from the adjacent road over bridge. By 1954 it had been fenced off at the platform edge and access steps. The line itself closed to passengers in 1965 and freight in 1970.

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Abbey of Deer Platform on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Aberdeenshire Former London and North Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1932 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1938 1938 disestablishments in Scotland Buildings and structures in Buchan {{Aberdeenshire-railstation-stub