Tillyfourie | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Aberdeenshire |
Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 57.2004°N -2.5879°W |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Alford Valley Railway |
Pregroup: | Great North of Scotland Railway |
Postgroup: | LNER |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 2 January 1950 |
Events1: | Closed |
Years2: | 3 January 1966 |
Events2: | Line closed |
Tillyfourie railway station was a railway station serving Tillyfourie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The station opened on 2 June 1860 on the Alford Valley Railway a year after the line between and .
Originally the station had one platform on the south side of the single track railway, and one siding to the west of the station.[1] By 1900 the line through the station had become a passing loop and there were two platforms connected with a footbridge, a signal box was located to the east. There were three sidings that were able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock.[2]
The station closed on 2 January 1950, the sidings were removed by 1960 when even the daily freight train did not call.[3] The line closed completely on 3 January 1966 when all services were withdrawn between Paradise Siding and .