Mintlaw railway station

Mintlaw
The site of the station in 2007
General information
Location	Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Platforms	1 (initially) 2 (later added)
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Formartine and Buchan Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
18 July 1861 (1861-07-18)	Opened as Old Deer and Mintlaw
1 December 1867	Name changed to Mintlaw
3 May 1965 (1965-05-03)	Closed

Mintlaw railway station was a railway station in Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire (Scotland).

History

The 29 mile long railway from Dyce to Mintlaw opened on 18 July 1861, with the extension to Peterhead opening the following year. This station opened as Old Deer and Mintlaw. The station building was on the westbound platform and the goods yard was on the south side. Two signal boxes opened in 1888: the north box, which was at the east end of the westbound platform and the south box, which was to the west of the eastbound platform. The north box closed in 1927 and the south box closed in 1959, being replaced by a ground frame. Passenger services on the Buchan lines were withdrawn on 3 May 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts. Freight trains continued to operate to Peterhead until 1970. The track through Maud station was subsequently lifted and the route now forms part of the Formartine and Buchan Way. The station building and the platforms remain.

References

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Abbey of Deer Platform Line and station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway		Longside Line and station closed

External links

• Mintlaw station on navigable 1949 O. S. map