Cove Bay railway station

Cove Bay
The site of the station in June 1988
General information
Location	Cove Bay, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57°06′01″N 2°04′43″W / 57.1003°N 2.0787°W / 57.1003; -2.0787
Grid reference	NJ953010
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Aberdeen Railway
Pre-grouping	Aberdeen Railway Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 April 1850 (1850-04-01)	Opened as Cove
1 October 1912	Name changed to Cove Bay
11 June 1956 (1956-06-11)	Closed
Location

Cove Bay railway station served the suburb of Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland from 1850 to 1956 on the Aberdeen Railway.

The station opened as Cove on 1 April 1850 by the Aberdeen Railway. The name was changed to Cove Bay on 1 October 1912. The station closed to passengers on 11 June 1956^[1] and to goods on 28 October 1963.^[2]

In 2020 the north-east of Scotland transport body Nestrans secured £80,000 from the Local Rail Development Fund to explore the potential for additional stations between Aberdeen and Laurencekirk, including at Cove and Newtonhill. Whilst a property developer has lodged proposals for 167 new homes close to where locals are calling for the new Cove railway station to be built,^[3] council officers have said there could still be space for a railway halt or station to be accommodated within the site.^[4]