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Old Photograph Railway Station Ellon Scotland
Old photograph of the railway station in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Ellon Railway Station, originally Ellon for Cruden, was situated on the Formartine and Buchan Railway, which ran from Peterhead to Fraserburgh to Dyce, wwhere it connected to the Great North of Scotland Railway to Aberdeen. A few years after opening, Ellon Station became a junction station for the Boddam Branch line, which ran to Boddam via Cruden Bay. In its heyday the station had three platforms, two for the main line and one for the Boddam Branch. There was also a substantial goods yard. The branch line closed in 1932, and was used to store wagons until the track was lifted in 1950. Ellon survived until 1965, when passenger services were withdrawn from the Formartine and Buchan Railway due to the Beeching Axe. The line was closed to freight in 1978, with the tracks being lifted soon afterwards.
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