Closure of The Railway and Proposal For Re-opening
The Peterhead-Maud section of the railway closed in 1970. The Dyce-Fraserburgh route closed as late as 1979. This closure was particularly controversial. The closure happened just as the oil boom was taking off and housing in towns like Ellon in particular was taking off. Ellon has 50% more inhabitants now than in 1979, and the lack of a Buchan Railway leads to terrible traffic problems on the A90.
Transport Scotland is accessing the Aberdeen Crossrail project with through trains from Stonehaven to Inverurie. Part of the scope of this is to consider the re-opening of sections of the Buchan line. The cost is estimated to £400 million, a comparatively small amount compared to many roadbuilding schemes.
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