Aberdeen City HER - NJ90NW0077 - GUILD STREET STATION

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Primary ReferenceNJ90NW0077
NameGUILD STREET STATION
NRHE Card No.NJ90NW209
NRHE Numlink 20118
HES SM No.
HES LB No.
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details Site of a railway station, formerly the terminus of the Aberdeen Railway (later absorbed into the Caledonian Railway) 25, 27 Guild Street. It opened in 1854 and closed in 1867 being replaced by Aberdeen (Joint) Station (see also NJ90NW0073). Ferryhill Station (NJ90NW0595) had initially been the terminus for the Aberdeen Railway from the south. The authority to build a passenger station at Guild Street was granted in 1850, but it was not until August 2nd 1854 that Aberdeen Railway was able to extend to the new city terminus. Once Guild Street Station opened it replaced the temporary station at Ferryhill, and was the terminus of the railway entering Aberdeen from the south. The station building was a two storey eight bay office with round headed ground floor openings. This building was demolished in 1982. From 1854 to 1867, if a passenger wished to travel north beyond Aberdeen they had to change to Waterloo Station. The only connection between Guild Street and Waterloo station (the Great North of Scotland Railway terminus) was by rails along the quayside, only suitable for goods wagons. Passengers either had to walk or use a horse drawn bus, and connections were not guaranteed. Later the railway extended through the west of this station along the Denburn Valley. In November 1867, trains from the north were able to use this line into the new Joint Station. After the construction of the Joint Station, Guild Street Station became a goods station. The goods shed built before World War One had been converted into an office block with an associated private car park. In 2000 the yard at Guild Street was still used by English, Welsh and Scottish Railways for freight traffic. A photographic survey was carried out by RCAHMS in May 1999 in advance of proposed demolition: at that time the buildings were used for parking of cars. While some of its tracks remain, the vast majority of the site was cleared in 2005 and is currently undergoing redevelopment. See NJ90NW1183 for watching brief.
Last Update15/03/2019
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerACU
Date of Compilation13/09/2017

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STATIONSRAILWAYSITE OFA100
STATIONSGOODSSITE OF B100
OFFICES SITE OFC100
SIDINGSRAILWAYSITE OFD100