Aberlour railway station

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Aberlour railway station in 2006
General information
Location Aberlour, Moray
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Strathspey Railway
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1863Station opens
18 October 1965Station closes for passengers
15 November 1971station closed for goods

Aberlour railway station served the village of Aberlour, Scotland, from 1863 to 1965.

Contents

History

The station was opened by the Strathspey Railway when it opened the first section of its railway between Dufftown and Nethy Bridge on 1 July 1863. [1] [2]

It was the first station after the junction at Craigellachie, where the line met the Morayshire Railway line to Elgin. [2] [3]

Both the Strathspey and Morayshire railways were absorbed into the Great North of Scotland Railway in 1866 and 1881 respectively. [4]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1937 to 1939. [5] A coach was also positioned here by Scottish Region of British Railways from 1954 to 1955. [6]

The station closed to passengers on 18 October 1965 but the line was still open to freight until 15 November 1971. [1] [7]

The site today

The site is now home to the Speyside Way Visitor Centre. The building has been enlarged and the old railway buildings are now a teashop. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 43.
  2. 1 2 Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 543. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. ↑ Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 15. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
  4. ↑ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 387 & 543. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
  5. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  6. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 28. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.
  7. ↑ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991 . Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p.  65 (ref 2871). ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.
  8. ↑ "9 lost railway stations around Scotland". The Scotsman. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Dailuaine Halt   Great North of Scotland Railway
Strathspey Railway 		  Craigellachie

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