Formartine and Buchan lines

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The Formartine and Buchan lines were rural railway routes in northeast Scotland that connected Aberdeen with towns in Formartine and Buchan, primarily serving agricultural communities and coastal ports.

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Label Occurrences
Formartine and Buchan Way 1
Formartine and Buchan lines canonical 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf closed railway line
railway line
connectedCity Aberdeen
connectedTo Aberdeen railway station
connectedToPort Fraserburgh harbour
Peterhead harbour
connectedToRegion Buchan
Formartine
country Scotland
gauge standard gauge
historicalRegion Buchan
Formartine
historicalUse transport of agricultural produce
transport of fish
locatedIn Aberdeenshire
Grampian region
linked to: Grampian

northeast Scotland
networkRole link between Aberdeen and Buchan
link between Aberdeen and Formartine
operatorRegion north-east Scotland
partOf Scottish railway network
primaryFunction rural railway transport
railwayType branch line
regionTypeServed rural areas
servedAreaType coastal ports
servedCoast North Sea coast of Aberdeenshire
linked to: Aberdeenshire coast
servedCommunityType agricultural communities
servedIndustry agriculture
fishing
servedTown Dyce
Ellon
Fraserburgh
Maud
Mintlaw
Newmachar
Peterhead
status disused
terminus Aberdeen
usedFor freight transport
passenger transport

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great North of Scotland Railway notableRoute Formartine and Buchan lines
Formartine containsFeature Formartine and Buchan Way
linked to: Formartine and Buchan lines