BANKHEAD STATION Traditional Cache
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stoneywood road old station platform
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. Current Status: Now a single railway track still in use.
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