It served Glassel House, the Mill of Beltie and the local farms and the inhabitants of this rural area from 1859 to 1966 on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater.

[2] Later it became part of the GNoSR and at grouping merged with the London and North Eastern Railway.

[3] The station had a single platform and a waiting room and ticket office similar[4] to those at Torphins, Lumphanan and elsewhere on the line, consisting of a rough-cast and brick built single-storey structure, with round-headed windows at the front and a central covered area.

[5] At the east end of the platform was a shed that contained the ground frame or signal box[5] that operated the points for the goods yard siding with its loading dock and weighing machine accessed by a lane at Glassel Village Hall.

[3] The Royal Deeside Railway is located at Milton of Crathes some distance down the line towards Aberdeen.