Station Name: PITFODELS HALT

[Source: Nick Catford]
Date opened: 2.7.1894
Location: On the west side of Pitfodels Station Road
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: Both platforms are intact but heavily overgrown. The station building is empty and in need of a coat of paint. It is however locked and in reasonable condition. In April 2010 an planning application was submitted to Aberdeen City Council for conversion and extension of former railway station to form dwelling and extension of former station master's cottage.
County: Aberdeenshire
OS Grid Ref: NJ906033
Date of visit: 30.6.2004

Notes: Notes: Originally opened as Pitfodels, the station became a Halt in 1926. A long distance footpath follows the trackbed through the station.

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


Photo:Station building seen from the track bed
Photo by Nick Catford



[Source: Nick Catford]
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