Udny Station
Udny Station is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 8 miles east of Oldmeldrum and 5 miles south-west of Ellon, and forms part of the parish of Foveran.
History
The settlement developed around the former railway station on the Formartine and Buchan line to Fraserburgh, from which it takes its name. The line closed in the early 1980s and the tracks were subsequently removed.There was a goods yard with railway sidings at the station, located in the area where a number of newer houses have since been built. Along the former platform alignment, one of the original lighting units remains visible, mounted on a concrete post. About a mile south of the station, on the former trackbed, old level crossing gates are still present and retain their orange circular warning plates.
Second World War
Near Tillycorthie House, beside the former railway line and approximately 200 yards south of the railway bridge, there is a clump of trees. Between this area and Corthiemuir Farm, 15 high-explosive bombs were dropped, straddling the railway line, one of which failed to detonate. In addition, 20 incendiary bombs were dropped, setting fire to the grain store at the farm.Several farms in the surrounding area made use of prisoners of war as agricultural labour, supplied from the POW camp at Pitmedden. The former entrance to the camp is now a bridge leading to a housing estate on the south side of Pitmedden, approximately 100 yards from the Aberdeen–Tarves road junction beside the church.
During the Second World War, a wooden observation hut occupied the site of the later Royal Observer Corps installation.