This book is produced jointly by the Caledonian Railway Association and the Great North of Scotland Railway Association. The book comprehensively covers the history and development of the railways serving Aberdeen, its station, train services, motive power, signalling, hotels and administration.
Despite its prosperity it was quite late in the development of railways before Aberdeen, Scotland’s third city, was connected to the railway network. The first line to reach the city was the Aberdeen Railway which arrived at Ferryhill in March 1850. This was joined by the Deeside Railway in September 1853. The line was extended to Guild Street in August 1854. The Great North of Scotland Railway opened from Huntly to Kittybrewster in September 1854 extending to Waterloo in April 1856. The two termini were about half a mile apart along the quayside which through passengers had to negotiate and late-running trains often led to missed connections.
The Aberdeen Railway became part of the Scottish North Eastern Railway in 1856 before being absorbed by the Caledonian Railway in 1866. A Joint station was finally realised in November 1867 when a new line was opened through the valley of the Denburn from Kittybrewster. It was reconstructed and enlarged between 1912 and 1915. The various branch line closures during the 1950s and 1960s saw a rationalisation of facilities.
The book's 152 pages are widely illustrated, many not previously published, with a large amount of colour images. There are also maps and publicity material within its softback covers.
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