Railway
The city is well-served by the National Rail network. Unlike some cities, suburban services have not operated for some decades and currently the only station in Aberdeen outside the city-centre is at Dyce. However, services from Aberdeen to other towns and cities are well-developed. Aberdeen railway station is located on Guild Street in the city centre, and is directly connected to Union Square to provide a transport interchange with the bus station. The station has regular inter-city, regional and local services to all parts of Great Britain, and a nightly sleeper service to London.
ScotRail services connect Aberdeen to all six other Scottish cities, including Edinburgh and Glasgow, and many intermediate destinations. These services make use of the Glasgow to Aberdeen Line, Edinburgh to Aberdeen line and Aberdeen to Inverness Line. High-speed inter-city services operated by East Coast connect Aberdeen to London via Edinburgh in just over seven hours, as well as intermediate destinations on the East Coast Main Line such as Edinburgh, Newcastle, York and Peterborough. Inter-city services operated by CrossCountry connect Aberdeen to south-west England and numerous intermediate destinations such as Birmingham and Bristol. In addition, ScotRail's Caledonian Sleeper service makes an overnight journey to/from London Euston six days a week.
As with many parts of the UK rail network, several lines out of Aberdeen were closed in the 1960s. For example, the Deeside Railway which ran west of the city to Ballater opened in 1853 but the Beeching Report led to the closure of the line in 1966. The line is now a popular walk and cycle route, the Deeside Way. Further lines running north to the commuter town of Ellon and to Peterhead were also closed around this time.
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