Ladysbridge railway station

Ladysbridge
Lady's Bridge

Ladysbridge in 1964
Location
Place Banff, Aberdeenshire
Area Aberdeenshire
Coordinates 57°39′39″N 2°35′10″W / 57.660888°N 2.586143°W / 57.660888; -2.586143Coordinates: 57°39′39″N 2°35′10″W / 57.660888°N 2.586143°W / 57.660888; -2.586143
Grid reference NJ 6512 6359
Operations
Original company Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
30 July 1859[1] Opened as Lady's Bridge
June 1886[1] Renamed Ladysbridge
6 July 1964[1] Closed to passengers
1968 Closed to all traffic
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Lady's Bridge railway station was opened in 1859[1] and renamed Ladysbridge railway station by June 1886.[1] The station was in the Parish of Boyndie close to the Banff County Lunatic Asylum or Ladysbridge Hospital.[2] The line from Tillynaught opened in 1859 and a temporary terminus opened at Banff on 30 July 1859 and a permanent station opened in 1860.[3] There was a single platform.

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) took over the line in 1867 and operated it until grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the former GNoSR lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963.[4] Passenger services were withdrawn in July 1964 and the entire line, including Banff station finally closed to all traffic in 1968.

Station infrastructure

The station was located on a single line with no passing loop, a wooden ticket office and waiting room and a single siding with a loading dock.[5] In 1928 two sidings, an island loading dock, several goods yard buildings and a weighing machine are shown with an additional building near the ticket office. No signal box is indicated. Two semi-detached station cottages are shown.[6] In 1963 the station was still staffed and signals were present, on the wood faced platform and on the line towards Banff.[7][8]

The old station building served for 30 years as changing rooms at Whitehills before being demolished in 2011.[9] The station site has been redeveloped and nothing remains of the station.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Ordens
Towards Grange		   Great North of Scotland
Banff branch		   Bridgefoot Halt
Towards Banff
Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway
Locale Scotland
Dates of operation 1859 – 1968
Successor Great North of Scotland Railway
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length 19 1⁄2 miles (31.4 km)
 Banff
 Golf Club House
 Bridgefoot Halt
 Ladysbridge
 Ordens
Portsoy Harbour
Portsoy
1st station
Goods only after 1884

Portsoy
2nd station and line to Tochieneal
opened in 1884, through to Elgin in 1886
Tillynaught
Cornhill
 Glenbarry
 Knock
 Millegin
To Keith
Grange
Curve giving access from
Aberdeen opened in 1886
Cairnie Junction (after 1897)
Rothiemay
Huntly
to Aberdeen

See also

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Butt (1995), p. 137.
  2. ↑ RCHAMS Site.
  3. ↑ Quick (2009), p. 71.
  4. ↑ Maxtone (2005), p. 80.
  5. ↑ Banffshire, Sheet IV (includes: Banff; Boyndie; Fordyce). Survey date: 1866 Publication date: 1871.
  6. ↑ Banffshire 004.15 (includes: Banff; Boyndie). Publication date: 1930. Revised: ca. 1928/1928.
  7. ↑ Maxtone 2005, p. 70.
  8. ↑ Maxtone 2005, p. 71.
  9. ↑ Banff Journal
Sources


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