• Source: Plaidy railway station

Plaidy railway station was a railway station at Plaidy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the rural branchline to Macduff. It was opened in 1860 by the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway and closed in 1944. Plaidy was 22 miles (35 km) from the junction at Inveramsay and 245 feet (75 m) above sea level.




History


The station served the needs of the local farms such as Parkside, Plaidy and Lower Plaidy as well as the Mill of Plaidy, a carding mill situated on the Burn of Craigston, about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) from Plaidy railway station. One of the stationmasters or agents, as the GNoSR referred to them, was James Minto. James transferred to the larger station at Auchterless. At first most trains called at Plaidy. The station and goods yard were closed by the LNER on the 22 May 1944, but the line remained open until 1961.




Infrastructure


The station was on a single track section of line without a crossing loop or signalbox. A goods yard was present with two sidings, loading platforms, a weighing machine and several small buildings. The single platform lay on the west side of the line and a simple shelter was present. A likely stationmaster's house and other railway related buildings were located nearby. An overbridge lay nearby on the route to Macduff that has now been demolished.




The site today


The goods yard buildings and platform were demolished and the site is now occupied by a private dwelling.




References






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Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
McLeish, Duncan (2014). Rails to Banff, Macduff and Oldmeldrum. Pub. GNoSRA. ISBN 978-0902343-26-9.




External links


RAILSCOT on Banff, Macduff and Turriff Extension Railway

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