Macduff railway station
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Macduff railway station was a railway station serving the settlements of Banff
Banff, Aberdeenshire
Banff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Banff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Macduff across the estuary of the River Deveron...

 and Macduff
Macduff, Aberdeenshire
Macduff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Macduff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Banff across the estuary of the River Deveron...

, Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...

. It was the terminus of a branch line from Pitcaple Inveramsay, run originally by the Great North of Scotland Railway
Great North of Scotland Railway
The Great North of Scotland Railway was one of the smaller Scottish railways before the grouping, operating in the far north-east of the country. It was formed in 1845 and received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years of local meetings...

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Prior to the station being built, Macduff was served by Banff & Macduff station, almost a mile from the town.

The preceding station on the line into Macduff was Banff Bridge
Banff Bridge railway station
Banff Bridge railway station was a railway station in Banff Bridge, Banff, Aberdeenshire. It was the penultimate stop on a branch line from Inveramsay to Macduff.Another branch from Tillynaught railway station terminated at a separate station in Banff....

, on the Macduff side of the bridge leading to neighbouring Banff. Banff itself had Banff Harbour station on a different line.

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