Disused Stations: Murtle Halt

Station Name: MURTLE HALT

[Source: Nick Catford]

Date opened:	8.9.1853
Location:	At the end of a track running south from
Company on opening:	Great North of Scotland Railway
Date closed to passengers:	5.4.1937
Date closed completely:	5.4.1937
Company on closing:	London & North Eastern Railway
Present state:	One platform remains intact and the station building has been converted into a private dwelling but externally is little changed.
County:	Aberdeenshire
OS Grid Ref:	NJ872018
Date of visit:	30.6.2004

Notes: Originally opened as Murtle, the station became a Halt about 1930. A long distance footpath follows the trackbed through the station.

See Royal Deeside Railway web site
For more pictures of Murtle see Aberdeen's Railways web site

Looking west along the platform
Photo by Nick Catford

Murtle Halt
Photo from Royal Deeside Railway web site

Looking east along the remaining platform
Photo by Nick Catford

[Source: Nick Catford]

Last updated: Sunday, 21-May-2017 15:44:53 CEST