page_title: Auchterless railway station
section_title: Infrastructure
hierarchical_section_title: Auchterless railway station / Infrastructure
caption_attribution_description: English: Auchterless railway station (site), AberdeenshireOpened in 1857 by the Banff Macduff &amp; Turriff Junction Railway, later part of the Great North of Scotland Railway, on the line from Inveramsay to Macduff, this station closed to passengers in 1951 and completely in 1966. View east at the former forecourt. Behind the building was the platform, left for Turriff and Macduff, right for Fyvie and Inveramsay. The road sign also shows that the station was 3 miles from Auchterless.
context_page_description: Auchterless railway station was a railway station in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire. It served the rural area, the estate of Towie Barclay and a settlement known as Kirkton of Auchterless stands 3 miles away. It was opened in 1857 by the Banff Macduff & Turriff Junction Railway, later part of the Great North of Scotland Railway, then the LNER and finally British Railways, on the branchline from Inveramsay to Macduff, the station closed to passengers in 1951 and to goods in 1966. The station lay below Gallowhill and the town lay to the north-east.
context_section_description: The station lay 14 miles (23 km) from Inveramsay and stood at 170 feet (52 m) above sea level. Two signal boxes were eventually located here, designated 'South' and 'North'. They were both opened on 28 March 1892 and were closed on 28 March 1933. The station originally had two stone built platforms with a small wooden shelter on one side and a typical brick built ticket office and waiting room on the other northbound platform. A footbridge crossed the passing loop to the north of the station buildings, and a signal box stood next to the level crossing. The signal box to the south closed in 1933, whilst the box to the north remained as a gate box for the level crossing until 1966. The passing loop and second platform, footbridge, etc were removed before passenger services ceased to reduce maintenance costs. The station house and cottage stood to the north.
  The goods station stood to the south on the western side of the single track line and was approached from the south. The goods yard in 1900 had three sidings, a shed and a loading dock with some ancillary buildings. The goods yard had a 1 long ton 5 cwt (2,800 lb or 1.3 t) crane and a weighing machine.
caption: The altered station buildings in  2019
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