Peterhead railway station
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For the railway station in Adelaide
, Australia
, see Peterhead railway station, Adelaide
.
Peterhead railway station was a railway station in Peterhead
, Aberdeenshire
.
The railway station was opened in 1862 and operated by the Great North of Scotland Railway
(LNER from 1923 and Scottish Region of British Railways
from 1948). It was closed to passengers in 1965 and to freight
in 1970. The track was subsequently removed.
Former Services
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, see Peterhead railway station, Adelaide
Peterhead railway station, Adelaide
Peterhead railway station is a railway station on the Outer Harbor railway line which is located in northwestern Adelaide, straddling the suburbs of Peterhead, Birkenhead, and Exeter on the LeFevre Peninsula...
.
Peterhead railway station was a railway station in Peterhead
Peterhead
Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement , with a population of 17,947 at the 2001 Census and estimated to have fallen to 17,330 by 2006....
, Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
.
The railway station was opened in 1862 and operated by the Great North of Scotland Railway
Great North of Scotland Railway
The Great North of Scotland Railway was one of the smaller Scottish railways before the grouping, operating in the far north-east of the country. It was formed in 1845 and received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years of local meetings...
(LNER from 1923 and Scottish Region of British Railways
Scottish Region of British Railways
The Scottish Region was one of the six regions created on British Railways and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway and ex-London and North Eastern Railway lines in Scotland...
from 1948). It was closed to passengers in 1965 and to freight
Freight train
A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain...
in 1970. The track was subsequently removed.