• Boddam Branch Line was a 15-mile branch railway line constructed by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) from Ellon railway station to Boddam in...
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    Maud in 1862, it was not until 2 August 1897 that the Boddam branch line from Ellon to Boddam via Cruden Bay was opened by the Great North of Scotland...
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  • opened a branch line to the small fishing port of Boddam, where there was also a quarry. A significant part of the purpose of the branch line was to serve...
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    grandeur but not lasting prosperity, to Cruden Bay. The Boddam branch line from Ellon to Boddam near Peterhead was opened in 1897, along with the golf...
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  • which the station took its name. It was located on the Boddam branch line between Ellon and Boddam. Opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway, then...
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    Boddam railway station was a railway station in Boddam, Aberdeenshire that served as the terminus of a now closed line from Ellon. The station was opened...
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  • Longhaven, Aberdeen, serving passengers and goods on the line to Boddam. It opened with the branch in 1897. Former Services British Railways Atlas.1947....
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    Boddam branch line, which ran to Boddam via Cruden Bay. In its heyday the station had three platforms, two for the main line and one for the Boddam Branch...
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    south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Ellon to Boddam branch or Crudens Railway was opened on 2 August 1897, serving a resort hotel...
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    Waverley Route (redirect from Waverly line)
    construction of a 57-mile-30-chain (92.3 km) line from Edinburgh to Berwick-upon-Tweed with a 4-mile-50-chain (7.4 km) branch to Haddington. The company's chairman...
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  • line improved the economy of Oban, especially for the fishing trade and for tourism, but the winter traffic was limited. The company built a branch to...
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  • start at Ellon instead of Maud and follow the route of the former Boddam branch line. The organisation claims that this option has not been investigated...
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    Boddam Branch, a new 15+1⁄2-mile (24.9 km) single-track branch from Ellon, on the Buchan section, which served Cruden Bay and fishing town at Boddam....
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    south-east of the village and closed in 1932. Like the other stations on the branch, it was designed by Mr Smith, the GNSR architect in 1897. Former Services...
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  • Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Auchmacoy   Great North of Scotland Railway Boddam branch line   Hatton...
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    in 1840. It was a locomotive railway, and in due time it opened its branch line from Dalry to Kilmarnock, with the intention of extending to Carlisle...
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    The Paisley Canal line is a branch railway line in Scotland running between Glasgow and Paisley. The line currently terminates at Paisley Canal railway...
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    Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Hatton   Great North of Scotland Railway Boddam branch line   Bullers O'Buchan...
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  • in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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  • the line, and road tours to the Trossachs from Aberfoyle formed a significant part of the traffic. The first section to open was the Campsie branch of...
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    railway, however as of March 2009 this is still unlikely. The Boddam Branch that ran to Boddam via Cruden Bay started at Ellon. This closed in 1945. Patrick...
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    North British Railway Company to build a line from Edinburgh to Berwick (later named Berwick-on-Tweed with a branch to Haddington. They got their authorising...
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  • Balornock, near Provanmill on the line out of the Buchanan Street terminus, on the north-east side of the city. A branch from Balornock to Hamiltonhill had...
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    original main line from Glasgow to Ayr, and the line from Kilmarnock to Carlisle, are in use today, although many intermediate stations and branch lines have...
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  • at the end of 1868 when the Muiredge branch opened by the Leven and East of Fife Railway; it left the main line at Cameron Bridge and ran south for a...
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  • longer branch line, about 2.5 miles (4 km) long, from Drybridge; this avoided a river crossing. It is often referred to as the Drybridge branch. The line skirted...
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    line was extended by the GNoSR to a new Macduff station in 1872, with an intermediate station at the river bridge. The companies and the branch line were...
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    of branch lines, taking them over by purchase if they were successful. The principal effect of this on the main line was the construction of a branch line...
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  • In 1845 too, the North British Railway suggested a Peebles branch from Galashiels on the line that it was then building, which became the Waverley Route...
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    construction of a branch from near Lothian Road, and this opened in 1861. A branch from the Granton line to Leith Docks was made in 1864. This line was opened...
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