PETERCULTER TO FERRYHILL Jctn (Aberdeen)

Bill Reid

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CULTS STATION TO FERRYHILL JUNCTION

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CULTS STATION SITE

Cults Up platform. The platform has been cleared of overgrowth and the station building refurbished. An extension has been buit on
the western end of the station building The station name board appears to be pretty much in the same place.

As a point of interest in this photo the station building front is recested but in the present photo above the front is flush.

Culter Station. A suburban service3 arrives towards Peterculter. (Author Unknown).

Near ther end. The 2-Car battery-electric uinit waits to depart westwards. A new footbridge has been built and moved to the western
end of the station building. (Author Unknown).

View towards Aberdeen along the Up platform. The Goods yard is still connected. Almost the same spot as photo below.
The Down platform loop is in progress of being picked up.  (Author Unknown).

Eastward view with the remains of the goods sidings on the left.

Station name board posts still in place on the Up platform.

 
Left: Almost the same spot as above.                                                                             Right: Westward view along the Up station platform.

 
Left: Remains of the west end of the Down Platformand where the latter footbridge crossed the platforms.              Right: The Up platform and buildinngs are still complete.

 
Left: Along the Up platform.                                                                                     Right: The station clock. Always correct twice a day.

 
Left: The Up platform towards Aberdeen. Right: Towards Culter.

A welcome Cafe has been built on the station site. The building is still to be completed at this time.

Culter Goods yard. The lead-in was from the eastern end of the station and on the Up side of the main line.

Cults station and goods yard. Taken from the over bridge at the east end of the station. Looking towards Peterculter. There doesn't
appear to have been a goods shed. (Author Unknown). This photo can be purchased on the internet without the watermark

 
Eastern end of the station. Looking towards Aberdeen.

 
Westerton Road bridge over the railway. Eastern end of the station.

 
Heading towards Pitfodles station site.

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PITFODLES STATION SITE

PITFODLES STATION SITE

Pitfodles Up platform with a Suburban train arriving from Aberdeen. (Author Unknown).

Pitfodles station platform and building. On the Up side, looking westwards towards Cults.

Western end of Pitfodles station site. Towards Aberdeen.

Pitfodles station building on the Up platform..

 
Left: The Up platform looking towards Aberdeen.                                              Right: The Up platform looking westwards towards Peterculter.

The station building from Pitfodles Station Road bridge. Looking westwards.

Eastwards from the track bed with Pitfodles Station Road over bridge.

 
From the over bridge at the eastern end of Pitfodles station towards Ruthrieston.

The steps on the eastern side of the over bridge.

Pitfodles Station Road over bridge. Looking westwards from the track bed..

From the over bridge towards Ferryhill. The outskirts of Ruthrieston comes into view.

 
View eastwards from Pitfodles Station Road over bridge.

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Western outskirts of Ruthrierston.

Ruthrieston goods siding remains on the right.

Only two and a half miles from the end of the walk.

 
The site of Ruthrieston Goods siding on the Up side of the branch.This is looking westwards. Left: This could have been a stop block or the base of a Crane!

Bus stop on the No. 22 route too and from Auchinyell. I caught the bus from here into the City on my second walk over the track bed
as I didn't need to do the Holburn Street-Duthie Park section a second time.

Mile post approaching Ruthrieston station site.

Auchinyell Road Bridge

 
Left: Ruthrieston Road Bridge. Towards Culter with Auchinyell Road bridge behind.         Right: Towards Aberdeen.

 
Left: AuchinyellBridge.  Right:

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RUTHRIESTON STATION SITE

Ruthreiston Up platform (Western End of Up Platform). Ex station entrance on the right. Off Ruthrieston Road.

Close to the photo below.

Ruthreiston station looking westwards. The housing estate here is virtually brand new. Ruthrieston Road rising to the over bridge is
pretty much the same today but is fenced off to traffic each side of the bridge and for pedestrians only.

Remains of the Up platform, towards Aberdeen. (Author Unknown).

 
Left: Remains of the down platform on the right.                                                                Right: Towards Aberdeen.

Eastwards towards Holburn station site.

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HOLBURN STREET STATION

The final station before Ferryhill Junction. A temporary platform was built at the Duthie Park. Used by ---- ---- on the official opening of the park in 18xx.

 
The modern footbridge over Holburn Street.

The station entrance stairs from Holburn Street still remain.

Remains of the Down platform.

Holburn Street from the over bridge looking southwards towards the Brig O' Dee..

Holburn Street from the over bridge looking northwards towards the City center. The Brig O' Dee to the Brig O' Don was the longest
tram route in the City. N.B. The steps on the right leading up to Holburn Street station. On the left the newer Grey Street.

The modern over bridge looking southwards. The station stairway from street level is on the far left. Looking towards Brig O' Dee
tram terminal. A car has just turned right into Grey Street that didn't exist at the time of the photo below.

The same spot during the final days of the tramcars in 1958. A Super Streamliner of  1949 dips under the  railway bridge on it's
 way into the City while a Standard tram heads for the Bridge Of Dee terminus just up ahead. Worth noting that on the far left the
tenement buildings behind the bridge have gone and there was no Grey Street to the right.

Half way along the Up platform. The platform is split here to form a road up from Holburn Street to lead onto the track bed..

The Hardgate over bridge

Somehow I forgot to take photos of and from the Hardgate over bridge and I have had to use these two photos taken on a previous visit to the
railway sit on the 13th January 2013. 

From the bridge over the Hardgate. Looking northwards. The Hardgate ran all the way up to Justice Mill Lane and was the main road too and from the
south  This was overtaken by South Anderson Drive in the 1800's.

The Hardgate, Looking southwards.

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Eastwards towards Ferryhill Junction.

The bridge over Great Southern Road. Towards Ferryhill Junction.

 
The end of the railway trail at the entrance into Duthie Park.

 
This is the end of the track bed that you can see. From here to the junction site has disappeared below gardens and you can only see
the site of Ferryhill Junction from the train.

The Ballater branch crossing Palmuir Road just yards from the site of Ferryhill Junction to the right.

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Taken from a train departing Aberdeen station for London KX. 1973/4. The track bed of the junction to Ballater is on the right and
still has most of the ballast down plus telegraph poles still standing. The loco depot is still used for storage and servicing.
(Own photograph).

The suburban railway had it's own platforms and booking office keeping them separate from the main line platforms. The Booking office was on the
corner of Bridge Street and Guild Street. Today it is known as Tiffany Hairdressing.

The Ex Suburban Station Booking Office. There was a steep stairway down to the platform. Taken from the Crown Terrace stairs.

The old Suburban Railway ticket office and stairway down to the Down platform. This was boarded over for many years but
uncovered and tidied up in the 90's. Could it be waiting reopening for a new Suburban Railway service under the Cross City services
that are in future plans!

A "Subbie" train waiting to depart for the Deeside line. (Author Unknown)

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