Tillyfourie railway station

Tillyfourie
The station shown on a 1900 OS map
General information
LocationAberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57°12′01″N 2°35′16″W / 57.2004°N 2.5879°W / 57.2004; -2.5879
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAlford Valley Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
2 June 1860 (1860-06-02)Opened
2 January 1950Closed
3 January 1966Line closed
Alford Valley
Railway
Alford Alford Valley Railway
Haughton Park Alford Valley Railway
Whitehouse
Tillyfourie
Monymusk
Kemnay
Paradise siding
Ratchill siding
Kintore

Tillyfourie railway station was a railway station serving Tillyfourie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The station opened on 2 June 1860 on the Alford Valley Railway a year after the 16.5 miles (26.6 km) line between Kintore and Alford.[1][2]

Originally the station had one platform on the south side of the single track railway, and one siding to the west of the station.[3] By 1900 the line through the station had become a passing loop and there were two platforms connected with a footbridge, a signal box was located to the east. There were three sidings that were able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock.[4][5]

The station closed on 2 January 1950, the sidings were removed by 1960 when even the daily freight train did not call.[6][7] The line closed completely on 3 January 1966 when all services were withdrawn between Paradise Siding and Alford.[8]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Whitehouse
Line and station closed
  Great North of Scotland Railway
Alford Valley Railway
  Monymusk
Line and station closed
  1. ^ Vallance 1965, p. 61.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, p. 10.
  3. ^ "Ordnance Survey 25 inch map Aberdeenshire LXIII.15 (Monymusk)". National Library of Scotland. 1866. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Ordnance Survey 25 inch map Aberdeenshire LXIII.15 (Cluny; Monymusk; Tough)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 534.
  6. ^ Quick 2022, p. 447.
  7. ^ J. Spencer Gilks (January 1960). "With the Freight to Alford". The Railway Magazine. 106 (705): 29.
  8. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 41 (ref 1888).