Glenbarry railway station

Glenbarry Barry
Glenbarry
General information
Location	Banff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57°34′49″N2°44′47″W / 57.580412°N 2.746515°W / 57.580412; -2.746515
Grid reference	NJ 553 545
Platforms	2
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
October 1863 [1]	Closed
19 February 1872	Reopened as Glenbarry [2]
6 May 1968 [2]	Closed to passengers

Glenbarry railway station, previously known as Barry was an intermediate stop with a passing loop situated ^[3] on the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) line from Cairnie Junction to Tillynaught. There were two platforms at Glenbarry that served the nearby hamlet that lies in what was once Banffshire. The line northwards ran to Tillynaught where it split to reach Banff by a branch line or Elgin by the Moray Coast line.

Barry 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, closed 'Barry' in 1863, reopening it as 'Glenbarry' in 1872 ^[2] and then operating 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. ^[4] Passenger services were withdrawn in May 1968 whilst freight had ceased on 2 November 1964. ^[4]

Station infrastructure

In 1902 the OS map shows the presence of a water tower, weighing machine, two sidings in a goods yard with a goods shed, two platforms with a footbridge, ticket office, shelters and a signal box. A road over bridge is located nearby. ^[5] The signal box was operational until 25 June 1966. ^[4]

The base of the old water tower survived in 1988.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. 28.
2. Butt (1995), p. 104.
3. Butt (1995), p. 69.
4. Maxtone (2005), p. 55.
5. Banffshire 015.03 (includes: Grange; Marnoch; Ordiquhill). Publication date: 1904 Revised: ca. 1902.

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

• RailScot - Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
• The Banff Branch

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