Document record MAB57490 - WOODSIDE STATION

Site of a railway station.

Site of a railway station. Woodside Station opened in 1858 and provided a local service, which encouraged people to move out of Aberdeen's city centre and travel to work. This station had a substantial wooden building with a glass canopy, as befitting the high status of the local community. The locomotives used for the Suburban service from 1885 were three Manson design 0-6-0 Tanks, fitted with Westinghouse brakes to allow passenger workings. The Westinghouse brakes were operated by compressed air and worked on every vehicle in a train, replacing the simple hand breaks on the tank and allowing it to haul the new passenger service. They were to cover the 6 miles in twenty minutes, from the Joint Station and Dyce. By 1888 there were twelve return workings daily. On 28th Jan 1937 it was announced in the Press and Journal that after April 1937 the suburban railway service was to end. Woodside was one of the fourteen stations closed as a result of rivalry from bus services and waning popularity of the train service. This marked the end of a chapter in transportation history for Aberdeen. The station buildings have been removed but the line remains in use.

HEADLAND ARCHAEOLOGY, 2018, ABERDEEN TO INVERURIE ROUTE ENHANCEMENT: WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION FOR HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDING, WSI (Bibliographic reference). SAB5997.

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