Ballater Queen Victoria Replica Royal Railway Carriage Model
Information about the Queen Victoria replica Royal railway carriage model at Ballater Old Station in Royal Deeside Aberdeenshire
The Ballater Queen Victoria replica Royal railway carriage model opened to the general public on the 9 April 2008. It was unveiled by the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay who were both dressed in tartan with the Prince dressed in his Gordon Highland kilt and Camilla with a Balmoral tartan skirt.
His Royal Highness Prince Charles was especially pleased to officially open the replica railway carriage with the model of his Great Great Great Grandmother because he has such fond memories of arriving at Ballater Old Station for Royal Family holidays from Windsor Castle. He now enjoys many stays at nearby Balmoral Castle with his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, who also attended the official opening of the Ballater Queen Victoria replica railway carriage model. The Royal couple also unveiled a commemorative plaque. The day was doubly special for the Royal couple because it marked their third wedding anniversary. In Scotland the couple are known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay.
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The Royal railway carriage is an exact copy of the one that would have been used by Her Majesty Queen Victoria and her husband The Prince Consort Prince Albert in the year 1869.
The Old Station at Ballater in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, has recently been restored and was opened by Prince Charles in 2002. It includes the Queen Victoria waiting room which now houses the Ballater tourist and visitor information centre next to the replica of the15 tonne Queen Victoria Royal saloon railway carriage which was first installed in January 2008. The original Old Station dates back to 1866. In World War Two Royal Deeside was used as a training area for British troops and many soldiers used the railway line and station during this period. Over the decades since 1866 many members of the Royal Family and their international guests have used the station.
The Ballater Queen Victoria replica Royal railway carriage model was commissioned by VisitScotland. It measures 10.5 metres in length, is 2.5m in width and 3.8m in height.
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The original Queen Victoria 1869 day saloon carriage is at the National Railway Museum in York, England. Visitors are not permitted inside this carriage.
