Glassel railway station is a disused railway station in

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. It served Glassel House, the Mill of Beltie and the local farms and the inhabitants of this rural area from 1859 to 1966 on the

Deeside Railway The Deeside Railway was a passenger and goods railway between Aberdeen and Ballater in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opening in 1853 to Banchory, an extension reached Aboyne in 1859. A separate company, the Aboyne & Braemar Railway, built an exten ...

that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater.

History

The station was opened in 1859 on the Deeside branch by the Aboyne Extension Railway and at first its services were operated by the

. Later it became part of the GNoSR and at grouping merged with the London and North Eastern Railway. It stood 21.5 miles (34.5 km) from Aberdeen and 22.75 miles (36.5 km) from Ballater. It was closed to passengers on 28 February 1966. The line has been lifted and sections form part of the

Deeside Way The Deeside Way is a rail trail that follows, in part, the bed of the former Deeside Railway in Aberdeenshire. Forming part of the National Cycle Network (National Route 195) the trail leads from Aberdeen to Ballater. The route The pathway r ...

long-distance footpath. The station was unstaffed from circa 1964 when goods services were withdrawn.

Infrastructure

The station had a single platform and a waiting room and ticket office similar to those at Torphins,

Lumphanan Lumphanan ( ; gd, Lann Fhìonain) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland located from Aberdeen and from Banchory. History Lumphanan is documented to be the site of the Battle of Lumphanan of 1057 AD, where Malcolm III of Scotland defeated ...

and elsewhere on the line, consisting of a rough-cast and brick built single-storey structure, with round-headed windows at the front and a central covered area. A station master's house stood just to the east of the main station buildings, constructed after 1866.Aberdeenshire LXXXIII.15 (Kincardine O'Neil) Survey date: 1866 Publication date: 1867
/ref> A signal post is indicated on the platform in 1866. At the east end of the platform was a shed that contained the ground frame or signal box that operated the points for the goods yard siding with its loading dock and weighing machine accessed by a lane at Glassel Village Hall. The line was single track and the stone platform was built on a straight section of track. The sidings were lifted by 1965 following the cessation of goods services.

Services

The line was chosen to trial the battery multiple unit and once introduced on 21 April 1958 the train service was doubled to six trains a day and in addition a Sunday service was reinstated.Railway Magazine June 1958 p. 382

The site today

The much modified and enlarged station buildings survive as private dwellings. The

Royal Deeside Railway The Royal Deeside Railway is a Scottish heritage railway located at Milton of Crathes railway station on a part of the original Deeside Railway. Original Railway Originally constructed between 1853 and 1866, the Deeside Railway ran betwe ...

is located at Milton of Crathes some distance down the line towards

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References

Sources

* * Maxtone, Graham and Cooper, Mike (2018). ''Then and Now on the Great North. V.1.'' GNoSR Association. .

External links

Film of the station and the Deeside line.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glassel Railway Station Disused railway stations in Aberdeenshire Beeching closures in Scotland Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966 1966 disestablishments in Scotland 1859 establishments in Scotland