Tillyfourie railway station explained

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when even the daily freight train did not call.[3] The line closed completely on 3 January 1966 when all services were withdrawn between Paradise Siding and .

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  1. Web site: Ordnance Survey 25 inch map Aberdeenshire LXIII.15 (Monymusk) . National Library of Scotland . 1866 . 5 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Ordnance Survey 25 inch map Aberdeenshire LXIII.15 (Cluny; Monymusk; Tough) . National Library of Scotland . 1900 . 5 June 2021.
  3. J. Spencer Gilks . With the Freight to Alford . The Railway Magazine . January 1960 . 705 . 106 . 29 .