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Railway station. A station was first opened at Dyce in 1854 by the Great North of Scotland Railway (see also NJ81SE0173). The station was replaced when it became the junction for the Formartine and Buchan Railway opened in 1861 and which had its own platforms alongside the main ones. Dyce Junction Station had four platforms. Today the Buchan platforms form the car-park. The station is depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd edition maps which also show a footbridge, the signal box, carriage sidings to the south of the station, signal posts, crane and a weighling machine. Dyce felt the benefit of a substantial service of trains daily to and from Aberdeen, although at irregular intervals. Local landowners near the station encouraged the development of housing. 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. The locomotives were to cover the 6.5 miles in twenty minutes, from the Joint Station to Dyce, stopping at Kittybrewster, Woodside and Bucksburn. Later, in 1887 Hutcheon Street and Don Street were added to the section. By 1888 there were twelve return services daily. Between 1964 and 1968 the Buchan and Deeside lines closed and passenger services in the North East were reduced to those from Aberdeen to Glasgow, Edinburgh and the south, and north to Inverness. There were few commuters to Aberdeen by rail. Dyce closed in 1968. As a result of increasing traffic congestion in Aberdeen and the expansion of air travel at the nearby airport, Dyce was later reopened in 1984, as an unstaffed halt with two platforms. Station facilities were confined to glass shelters and ticket machines. British Rail added extra trains to their timetables with the journey to Aberdeen taking 9 minutes. The station was re-opened in 1984. There is still evidence on the ground of the old branch platforms. One of the station buildings remain, in use as a shop, on the remains of the eastern-most platform.
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NJ81SE0091 - DYCE JUNCTION STATION