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Laurencekirk railway station

Laurencekirk railway station is a railway station serving the communities of and The Mearns in , . The station was reopened on 17 May 2009 at a cost of £3 million.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “LAU”, “Laurencekirk Rail Station”, and “Laurencekirk, Station Road, Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mearns Academy and Thornton Castle.

School
is a secondary school in , , Scotland. As well as Laurencekirk itself, the school also serves the surrounding villages of , , , , Luthermuir, and . is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Laurencekirk railway station.

Building
Photo: Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, , is a fortress or fortified residence in Marykirk, Aberdeenshire. Parts of the house date from 1531. It was the traditional home of the Strachan family, but was held more recently by Rev Dr Alexander Crombie. is situated 2 miles west of Laurencekirk railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laurencekirk and Fordoun.

Town
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, locally known as Lournie or simply 'The Kirk', is a small town in the historic county of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 to main road.

Village
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is a parish and village in , Scotland. Fothirdun, as it was historically known, was an important area in the Howe of the Mearns. and , together with their immediate districts form the Parish of with the Parish Church in the vicinity of the original settlement, now absorbed by Auchenblae. is situated 3 miles northeast of Laurencekirk railway station.

Village
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is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of , Scotland, next to the border with at the River North Esk. The village is approximately 6 miles ENE of at the southern end of the Howe of the Mearns. is situated 4½ miles southwest of Laurencekirk railway station.

Laurencekirk railway station

Latitude
56.8371° or 56° 50′ 14″ north
Longitude
-2.46478° or 2° 27′ 53″ west
Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)
Operator
ScotRail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“LAU”
Open location code
9C8VRGPP+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3196927064
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
7670791
Wiki­data ID
Q6500951
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Scottish Gaelic—“Laurencekirk railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Laurencekirk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة لاورينسيكيرك”
  • French: “gare de Laurencekirk”
  • French: “Laurencekirk”
  • Irish: “Stéisean Choinmheadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Stèisean Choinmheadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Stèisean Eaglais Labhrainn”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Laurencekirk railway station”. Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.