Ballater railway station

Ballater
Ballater railway station in 1961
General information
Location	Aberdeenshire Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great North of Scotland Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
17 October 1866	Station opened
28 February 1966	Station closed to passengers
18 July 1966	station closed to goods
12 May 2015	Fire seriously damages former station

Ballater railway station is a former station in the village of Ballater in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station was formerly the terminus of a branch line from Aberdeen.^[1]

It was the nearest station to Balmoral Castle, a personal residence of the British monarch.