Bullers O'Buchan Platform railway station also known as Bullers O'Buchan Halt railway station was a railway station serving visitors to the Bullers of Buchan, a spectacular collapsed sea cave, and to the old fishing village. The station was located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
History The Ellon to Boddam branch or Crudens Railway was opened on 2 August 1897, serving a resort hotel and golf course at Cruden Bay but closed to passenger services on 31 October 1932 and to freight on 7 November 1945.
The station at Bullers O'Buchan however only opened in 1900, being closed on 31 October 1932 earlier than other stations that remained open for freight; the track throughout the branch was lifted in 1950 following the closure to freight services on 7 November 1945. The line in 1932 had been closed for the winter however the LNER never re-started the passenger service. Passenger closure dates of 1/11/32, 31/10/32 and 1/11/32 have also been suggested. In 1948 a large number of wagons were stored at Bullers O'Buchan.Great North of Scotland Railway - Cruden Railway.
Infrastructure The single platformed station was 12 miles (19 km) from Ellon and was linked to the nearby road by a short path and stood to the west of the old railway overbridge on the shore side of the line beyond the embankment. The station had no signalling and stood on a typical single track section of the line. Aberdeenshire, 032.10, Surveyed: 1899, Published: 1901. An old railway cottage survives close to the remnants of the rail bridge abutment. Nothing now remains of the line at the site of the old station.
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