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Boxcar at Cults, a blue container kiosk with chalkboard menus, customers at the hatch on a sunny day.
Aberdeen

Boxcar Coffee & Yard

A coffee kiosk in a converted container by the old Cults railway station, on the Deeside Way path, with a yard of picnic tables for walkers and cyclists.

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The old Deeside railway line out of Aberdeen is now the Deeside Way, a path for walkers and cyclists, and at Cults, beside the old station, a blue container kiosk called Boxcar serves the people who use it.

Chalkboards propped against the kiosk list the day's specials, toasties and paninis, hot food and soup, and ice cream in summer. There is good coffee and chai, with scones, cinnamon swirls, almond croissants and cakes from the counter, and everything can be taken away or eaten at the picnic tables in the gravel yard beside the lawn.

Boxcar opened in 2021, the first step in bringing the old station back to life as a cafe. It opens every day from nine until four, and makes a good stop on a walk or a ride out of the city along the old line.

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Before you go

Open every day, 9am to 4pm.

Where
1 Station Road, Cults, AB15 9NP.
Open
Daily, 9am to 4pm.
On
The Deeside Way.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9am–4pm
Tuesday
9am–4pm
Wednesday
9am–4pm
Thursday
9am–4pm
Friday
9am–4pm
Saturday
9am–4pm
Sunday
9am–4pm

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Where it is

By the old railway station on Station Road in Cults, on the Deeside Way path, about four miles west of Aberdeen city centre, AB15 9NP.

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