Fingask railway station

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Fingask
LocationFingask, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57°19′55″N 2°22′08″W / 57.3319°N 2.3690°W / 57.3319; -2.3690Coordinates: 57°19′55″N 2°22′08″W / 57.3319°N 2.3690°W / 57.3319; -2.3690
Grid referenceNJ778268
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyInverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
1866opened
2 November 1931closed to passengers

Fingask railway station, Fingask Platform railway station or Fingask Halt railway station was situated in the Fingask area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on a short branch, known as the Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway, from Inverurie to Old Meldrum. It served Fingask Castle and the surrounding farms, etc., in this rural area.[1]

History[]

Originally known as "Fingask", it was formally designated "Fingask Platform" from 1907 to 1924 and finally "Fingask Halt" from 1924 to 1931.[2] In 1886 timetable the designation was however "Fingask Platform".[3] It was one of only two intermediate stops on the line.

The station lay at 244 feet above sea level on a section of the single track line, that for down trains presented a climb that was not too challenging, but it was continuous. No signals or sidings were present and a gated minor road crossed the line giving passengers access. The short wooden platform lay on the northern side of the line in front of the Lochter Burn and had just a simple wooden shelter with a window and the name 'Fingask' on the front. A photograph appeared on 26 May 1926 in the Glasgow Bulletin and the articles title read "A Station Without a Staff".[4]

A station had originally been provided at Muirtown where the vice-chairman of the Oldmeldrum Company lived, half a mile away, however by 1866 trains were calling at the new Fingask Station.[5] At first tickets were not issued for the station and passengers from Oldmeldrum had to pay a fare to Inverurie and vice versa.[6]

The line itself remained open to freight until its official closure on 3 January 1966.[7] Nothing now remains of the station and the trackbed is used to the west as a field access.

Previous services[]

The 1866 timetable records that "Nos.1 and 6 Down and Nos.1, 3 & 6 Up Trains will stop at the platform. Other trains will stop only when a request by Passengers is made to the Guard at the Lethenty or Old Meldrum stations, or when passengers are upon the platform to be taken up."[3] The line had no Sunday services. The last railtour to visit the line was in June 1965 with a two car DMU.[8]

The branchline[]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Lethenty
Line and Station closed 		  Great North of Scotland Railway
Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway 		  Old Meldrum
Line and Station closed

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ RAILSCOT
  2. ^ RailScot - Fingask
  3. ^ a b McLeish, p. 15
  4. ^ McLeish, p. 11
  5. ^ McLeish, p. 10
  6. ^ McLeish, p. 12
  7. ^ McLeish,p.65
  8. ^ McLeish, p. 66

Sources[]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • McLeish, Duncan (2014). Rails to Banff, Macduff and Oldmeldrum. Pub. GNoSRA. ISBN 978-0902343-26-9.
  • RAILSCOT on Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway


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