Limpet Mill was a railway station in

Kincardineshire Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and w ...

, Scotland from 1849 to 1850 on the

Aberdeen Railway The Aberdeen Railway was a Scottish railway company which built a line from Aberdeen to Forfar and Arbroath, partly by leasing and upgrading an existing railway. The line opened in stages between 1847 and 1850, with branches to Brechin and ...

History

This station was opened on 1 November 1849 by the

. It was a temporary terminus, with coach connections to Portlethen and Aberdeen. It operated for five months, as the railway was extended and a new terminus,

Aberdeen Ferryhill railway station Aberdeen Ferryhill railway station was the temporary terminus of the Aberdeen Railway and the first railway station to serve the city of Aberdeen. Regular passenger service began on 1 April 1850. As the station is located some distance south of ...

, was opened on 1 April 1850.

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