Fingask railway station

Originally known as "Fingask", it was formally designated "Fingask Platform" from 1907 to 1924 and finally "Fingask Halt" from 1924 to 1931.[2] In 1886 timetable the designation was however "Fingask Platform".[3] It was one of only two intermediate stops on the line.

The station lay at 244 feet above sea level on a section of the single track line, that for down trains presented a climb that was not too challenging, but it was continuous. No signals or sidings were present and a gated minor road crossed the line giving passengers access. The short wooden platform lay on the northern side of the line in front of the Lochter Burn and had just a simple wooden shelter with a window and the name 'Fingask' on the front. A photograph appeared on 26 May 1926 in the Glasgow Bulletin and the articles title read "A Station Without a Staff".[4]

A station had originally been provided at Muirtown where the vice-chairman of the Oldmeldrum Company lived, half a mile away, however by 1866 trains were calling at the new Fingask Station.[5] At first tickets were not issued for the station and passengers from Oldmeldrum had to pay a fare to Inverurie and vice versa.[6]

The line itself remained open to freight until its official closure on 3 January 1966.[7] Nothing now remains of the station and the trackbed is used to the west as a field access.

The 1866 timetable records that "Nos.1 and 6 Down and Nos.1, 3 & 6 Up Trains will stop at the platform. Other trains will stop only when a request by Passengers is made to the Guard at the Lethenty or Old Meldrum stations, or when passengers are upon the platform to be taken up."[3] The line had no Sunday services. The last railtour to visit the line was in June 1965 with a two car DMU.[8]