8-557: The Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway operated an electric tramway service between the Cruden Bay Hotel and Cruden Bay railway station between 1899 and 1940. The Cruden Bay Hotel tramway was built to connect Cruden Bay railway station with the Cruden Bay Hotel . It was constructed by the Great North of Scotland Railway which owned the hotel. The railway company undertook to maintain the roadway for four feet either side of
16-582: A hotel in Cruden Bay , Aberdeenshire , Scotland. Following the success of the Palace Hotel in Aberdeen , it was built between 1897 and 1899 by the same owners. It closed in 1932 and was demolished between 1947 and 1952. The hotel had 55 rooms, tennis courts, croquet lawns and lawn-bowling greens. It was part of a grand scheme to transform Cruden Bay into an upmarket luxury resort, one that
24-549: The Boddam branch line to Cruden Bay railway station , and hotel guests were offered a motor car service direct to Aberdeen railway station. The tram continued for delivery of supplies and laundry to and from the railway which remained open to freight. The hotel was requisitioned in 1940 as a Field Training Centre for the Gordon Highlanders . The tram ceased operation on 31 December 1940. The hotel never re-opened after
32-466: The rails where the tramway crossed the Newburgh to Port Errol road. The tramway was constructed mostly with bullhead rail set on chaired sleepers with open ballast, but using granite sett paving in the station forecourt. The line started at the station with a short loop laid to the west of the up platform building, and then followed the western edge of the approach road before entering a shallow cutting by
40-687: The shed was used as a dormitory for the male servants at the hotel. It was the most northerly tramway service in the United Kingdom . Two passenger tramcars were provided and built by the Great North of Scotland Railway at Kittybrewster, in a purple lake and cream livery with "Cruden Bay Hotel" on the rocker panel. The line also had an open trailer car for the transport of coal, and two bogie cars for transporting boilers and other heavy items. Passenger services were terminated on 1 November 1932, when passenger rail services were suspended along
48-463: The side of the Hatton to Port Errol Road. After crossing a field and the Newburgh to Port Errol Road it turned to terminate by the front door of the hotel. A triangular junction just over the road crossing led to the car shed and hotel laundry. The tramcar shed at the hotel was built in 1899 at a cost of £500 (equivalent to £71,100 in 2023). However, in the summer months the tramcars were evicted as
56-531: The war and was sold for demolition in July 1947. The tramcars were used as a summer house and shed until 1988 when they were recovered and the best of both was used to create a single car for preservation at the Grampian Transport Museum . 57°24′58″N 1°51′52″W / 57.4162°N 1.8645°W / 57.4162; -1.8645 Cruden Bay Hotel Cruden Bay Hotel was
64-471: Was described as the Brighton of Aberdeenshire . The Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway operated an electric tramway service between the hotel and Cruden Bay railway station between 1899 and 1940. Notable patrons of the hotel include British prime ministers H. H. Asquith and David Lloyd George , who met there for afternoon tea, while Winston Churchill played on the golf course. Christian Watt worked in
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