LONGHAVEN
STATION SITE
The trackbed came in
from Cruden Bay to the left of the trees
Longhaven Station
House. The station lay in the centre of the wide green patch right of centre
The Station House and
back garden
The trackbed was in
the centre of the green patch. left
It was disappointing
not being able to get over to the trackbed but a there is a double fence between
the house and station site, used by the pet pony. According to the lady of the
house the goat is
friendly enough but the Pony would go for anyone who tried to cross between the
fence
The Station House has
changed little from the original. You can visualise the railway coming in from
the right, behind the house
It was nice to see the
GNSR colors still well defined, if a bit faded. According to the lady of the
house she would
like to keep the house as close to original as possible and will try to repaint
to the nearest shade of green as possible
Site of the goods
yard. The railway dropped from here towards Boddam. You can see the top of what
was
possibly a ganger's hut, on the left. which is on the seaward side of the
trackbed
Unable to get to the
station site. I grabbed a few shots from either side of the out buildings. A
granite
structure that may have been part of the station buildings. The platforms ran
left to right along the line of green
From the right hand
side of the out buildings. According to the lady of the house a nice granite
wall was
built along the length of the station but had been removed prior to her moving
in around 18 years ago.
You can see the double fence that stopped me getting across the trackbed
The Goat remained
enquisitive. Again, you can follow the line of the trackbed by the dark green
foliage
running left to right into the distance
The Pony didn't seem
bothered either, but you can see how well this area is fenced off. However, if I
managed to get over to the station site it looks as if the whole area is
densly overgrown and there is
little or nothing to be seen and searching would be difficult. Was the station
on an embankment!
I tried to get around
to the other side of the trackbed but this was taken within the private land
of Station Farm and I couldn't get beyond this point. The fence follows the line
of the station and trackbed