Aberdeen Waterloo railway station

Aberdeen Waterloo station opened on 1 April 1856[1] to serve the Great North of Scotland Railway main line to Keith. It was located on Waterloo Quay in the city centre. It closed to passengers in 1867[1] once Aberdeen Joint opened, but the track remains in use as a freight siding for the docks. The goods sheds were demolished in the 1960s, while the main station was converted for use as a storage facility.[2]

Aberdeen Waterloo
Freight sidings on the site of the former station
General information
LocationAberdeen, Aberdeen
Scotland
Coordinates57°08′49″N 2°05′13″W / 57.147°N 2.087°W / 57.147; -2.087
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat North of Scotland Railway
Pre-groupingGNoSR
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 April 1856Station opened to replace Aberdeen Kittybrewster[1]
4 November 1867Station closed and replaced by Aberdeen Joint[1]
Railway stations around Aberdeen
Don Street
Kittybrewster Junction
(DVL)
Kittybrewster (new)
Kittybrewster (old)
(DVL)
Hutcheon Street
Waterloo
Victoria Basin: North
(HTT)
Victoria Basin: South
(HTT)
Deeside Goods
(HTT)
(DVL)
Schoolhill
Guild Street
(AR)
(DVL)
Aberdeen Joint
Deeside Goods Branch Junction
Goods Branch Junction
(DVL)
Aberdeen Ferryhill
Ferryhill Junction
(DR)
Holburn Street
Railways
AR
Aberdeen Railway (CR)
DR
Deeside Railway (GNoSR)
DVL
Denburn Valley Line (GNoSR)
GNoSR
Great North of Scotland Railway
HTT
Harbour Trustee Tramways (Aberdeen)

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 12
  2. ^ "Sites and Monuments Record: Railway Station, Waterloo". Aberdeen City Council Website. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

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