Milton of Crathes railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Banchory, Royal Deeside |
| Area | Aberdeenshire |
| Coordinates | 57°03′23″N 2°25′47″W / 57.0563°N 2.4297°WCoordinates: 57°03′23″N 2°25′47″W / 57.0563°N 2.4297°W |
| Grid reference | NO747963 |
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| Managed by | Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 28 February 1966 | Line Closed by British Railways |
| 2003 | First track laid on site by Royal Deeside Railway |
| 2006 | Construction of station platform begins |
| 2012 | Re-erection of Oldmeldrum station building begins |
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Milton of Crathes railway station is located at Milton of Crathes, three miles east of Banchory, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Crathes Castle station, located 1/4 mile to the east of Milton of Crathes (57°03′27″N 2°24′59″W / 57.0575°N 2.4163°W), was opened by the Deeside Railway in 1853 for the private use of the Laird of Crathes. In 1863 Crathes Castle was renamed Crathes and became a public railway station, a role it retained until the closure of the railway in 1966. Crathes station building is now privately owned and features a replica of the original signalbox, whilst the trackbed is owned by the local estate. The Royal Deeside Railway has no plans to re-use the old station which is in a less convenient position for today's tourist market and which is separated from the heritage railway by the entrance road to the Milton of Crathes site, a missing overbridge, and an embankment.
Milton of Crathes station is the headquarters of the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society. The station is the start of the rebuilt Royal Deeside Railway which will eventually run for over two miles west into the town of Banchory. The station itself consists of a single platform and two tracks (which form a locomotive run-round loop and headshunts). At the east end of the station, the former Oldmeldrum station building is being re-erected and restored by the volunteers of the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society.
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