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Site of a railway station, depicted on the OS 2nd edition map which shows two platforms, a footbridge and signal posts. Although formally opened to the public in 1887, as Bankhead platform, this station had previously been well used by mill workers between 1867 and 1887. At that time it was referred to as the Stoneywood platform. The first train using this platform was a workmen's train to serve the Donside Mill. The expansion of the mill industry in the Don Valley lead to a growth in labour requirements and local recruitment took place including within the centre of Aberdeen. Even before the opening of the Denburn valley line, Great North of Scotland Railway began running a morning and evening workers' train to cater for the employees of Pirie's Mills at Stoneywood, Bankhead. The train left Waterloo Quay at 5. 30 a.m. stopping at Kittybrewster and Woodside, taking a total of 18 minutes. In the evening the mill worker's train either ran at 5. 25 p.m. from Waterloo Station, or the workers took the 4 p.m. train from Keith south to Waterloo Station. The Great North of Scotland Railway saw the demand for a local service to and from Dyce. The suburban railway line encouraged people to move out of Aberdeen's city centre and travel to work. Bankhead became an intermediate stop for trains from the Joint Station. On 28th January 1937 it was announced in the Press and Journal that after April 1937 the suburban service was to end. Bankhead was one of fourteen stations closed as a result of rivalry from bus services and waning popularity of the train service. This marked the end of a chapter in transportation history for Aberdeen.
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NJ81SE0115 - BANKHEAD STATION