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.

All labels observed (2)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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