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The opening of the line to Ferryhill in 1850
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The opening of the line to Ferryhill in 1850
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The Aberdeen Railway which connected the city by rail with the south for the first time had opened a station at Ferryhill just north of the River Dee in 1850, being joined there by the Deeside Railway from Banchory three years later. In 1854 the line was extended the final 600 yards to a terminus on Guild Street on a site now occupied by the Union Square Shopping Centre. This lithograph was published in The Illustrated London News. It depicts the opening of the line to Ferryhill in 1850. The temporary station building seems very substantial. The engine shed on the left still survives. The Aberdeen Railway soon amalgamated with the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, which connected it with Perth, to become the Scottish North-Eastern Railway. In turn the SNER was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway in 1866.
The Aberdeen Railway which connected the city by rail with the south for the first time had opened a station at Ferryhill just north of the River Dee in 1850, being joined there by the Deeside Railway from Banchory three years later. In 1854 the line was extended the final 600 yards to a terminus on Guild Street on a site now occupied by the Union Square Shopping Centre.
This lithograph was published in The Illustrated London News. It depicts the opening of the
line to Ferryhill in 1850. The temporary station building seems very substantial. The engine shed on the left still survives.
The Aberdeen Railway soon amalgamated with the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, which connected it with Perth, to become the Scottish North-Eastern Railway. In turn the SNER was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway in 1866.
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