Cove Bay | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Cove Bay, Aberdeenshire |
Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 57.1003°N -2.0787°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Aberdeen Railway |
Pregroup: | Aberdeen Railway Caledonian Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Events: | Opened as Cove |
Years1: | 1 October 1912 |
Events1: | Name changed to Cove Bay |
Events2: | Closed |
Cove Bay railway station served the suburb of Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland from 1850 to 1956 on the Aberdeen Railway.
The station opened as Cove on 1 April 1850 by the Aberdeen Railway. The name was changed to Cove Bay on 1 October 1912. The station closed to passengers on 11 June 1956 and to goods on 28 October 1963.[1]
In 2020 the north-east of Scotland transport body Nestrans secured £80,000 from the Local Rail Development Fund to explore the potential for additional stations between Aberdeen and Laurencekirk, including at Cove and Newtonhill. Whilst a property developer has lodged proposals for 167 new homes close to where locals are calling for the new Cove railway station to be built,[2] council officers have said there could still be space for a railway halt or station to be accommodated within the site.[3]