Oyne railway station is a former railway station serving the small village of

Oyne Oyne is a small village in rural Aberdeenshire at the bottom of Bennachie in Scotland. Locality The village has limited local resources. It once had a railway station which closed 6 May 1968, and now has a daily bus service to Inverurie away ...

, Aberdeenshire.

History

Oyne station was built by the Great North of Scotland railway on its line from Aberdeen to Keith. Like most stations on the line, it was opened in 1854. It was closed like most intermediate stops on the line in 1968 by the

Beeching cuts The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the M ...

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* * Disused railway stations in Aberdeenshire Beeching closures in Scotland Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968 1854 establishments in Scotland 1968 disestablishments in Scotland {{Aberdeenshire-railstation-stub