Cornhill railway station

Cornhill
General information
Location	Banff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57°37′05″N2°42′14″W / 57.617934°N 2.703886°W / 57.617934; -2.703886
Grid reference	NJ 5805 5888
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
30 July 1859 [1]	Opened
6 May 1968 [1]	Closed to passengers and freight
Location

Cornhill railway station was an intermediate stop situated ^[1] on the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) line from Cairnie Junction to Tillynaught. There was only a single platform at Cornhill that served the nearby village that lies in Fordyce Parish, of what was once Banffshire, 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) from Banff itself. The line ran to Tillynaught where it split to reach Banff by a branch line or Elgin by the Moray Coast line.

Cornhill was opened in 1859 by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway, ^[1] and in 1867 was absorbed by the GNoSR who took over the line and operated it until grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the ex-GNoSR lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963. ^[2] Passenger and freight services were withdrawn in May 1968.

Station infrastructure

The surviving station building was constructed circa 1886 and was built of wood. Two sidings, a crane and a coal loading dock are shown in 1902. An auction mart is shown next to the station that was still present in 1988. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2011 much of this station remained, the station building, single platform, goods shed, loading bank and the station master's house. ^{[5] [6]} The station site was in use as a coal yard.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Glenbarry Towards Grange		Great North of Scotland Banff branch 1884–1886		Tillynaught Towards Banff

Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Legend
Banff Golf Club House Bridgefoot Halt Ladysbridge Ordens Portsoy Harbour Portsoy (first) ( goods only after 1884 ) Portsoy (second) Moray Coast Rly Tillynaught Cornhill Glenbarry Knock Millegin Great North of Scotland Railway to Keith Grange curve to Aberdeen opened 1886 Cairnie Junction Rothiemay Huntly Great North of Scotland Railway to Aberdeen
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See also

• List of Great North of Scotland Railway stations

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), p. 69.
2. Maxtone (2005), p. 80.
3. Banffshire 009.12 (includes: Fordyce; Ordiquhill) Publication date: 1904. Revised: ca. 1902
4. Scotlands Places - Cornhill
5. Maxtone (2005), p. 53.
6. Banffshire, Sheet IX (includes: Deskford; Fordyce; Grange; Ordiquhill). Survey date: 1866. Publication date: 1871.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1.
• Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The railways of the Banff & Moray coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN   0-9547346-1-0.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.

External links

• Cornhill station in 1988
• RailScot - Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
• The Banff Branch