Cults railway station
Cults railway station was opened on 8 September 1853 by the Deeside Railway and served part of Cults with mansion houses such as Southfield, Wellwood, Woodbank, Inchgarth, Drumgarth and Norwood nearby. The Deeside Railway station was replaced in 1855 by a new GNoSR that remained open, despite the 1937 closure of many other stations on the Aberdeen suburban service, until 1966 as an intermediate station on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. Cults is located in the parish of Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Cults | |
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The old Cults station site in 2008 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Cults, Aberdeenshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57.1178°N 2.1707°W |
| Grid reference | NJ897029 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Deeside Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 8 September 1853 | Station opened |
| 1855 | GNoSR station opened |
| 28 February 1966 | Station closed to passengers |
| 02 January 1967 | Line closed to freight |
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