Editing Fraserburgh (section)

===Railways===
[[Fraserburgh railway station]] opened in 1865 and closed to passengers in 1965. The railway line was built by the [[Formartine and Buchan Railway]] Company, which became part of the [[Great North of Scotland Railway]]. Trains operated to [[Aberdeen railway station|Aberdeen]] via [[Maud, Aberdeenshire|Maud]] and [[Dyce]], as well as a short branch line to [[St Combs railway station|St Combs]] via [[Inverallochy and Cairnbulg|Cairnbulg]].{{fact|date=January 2024}}

In 1923, the GNSR was incorporated into the [[London and North Eastern Railway]], which was in turn nationalised on 1 January 1948. Passenger services on the Buchan lines were withdrawn in 1965 as part of the [[Beeching cuts]], although freight trains continued to operate Fraserburgh until 1979. The track was subsequently lifted.{{fact|date=January 2024}}

Following the opening of the [[Borders Railway]] in September 2015, Fraserburgh became the most distant town in UK from the rail network, leading to calls for the lifted track to be reinstated.<ref>[https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/peterhead-and-fraserburgh-most-distant-towns-in-uk-from-rail-network/?sso-c=MC4xNzQ4NDEwMCAxNTE0OTk0ODYw Peterhead and Fraserburgh most distant towns in UK from rail network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104073434/https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/peterhead-and-fraserburgh-most-distant-towns-in-uk-from-rail-network/?sso-c=MC4xNzQ4NDEwMCAxNTE0OTk0ODYw |date=4 January 2018 }} Evening Express (7 September 2015)</ref> The nearest operating station is currently [[Inverurie railway station|Inverurie]], {{Convert|35|mi|km}} away.{{fact|date=January 2024}}