Millegin railway station

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Millegin

Millagan
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Millegin near Bridge of Millegin
General information
Location Banff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates 57°32′44″N2°48′33″W / 57.545593°N 2.809213°W / 57.545593; -2.809213
Grid reference NJ 516 508
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
30 July 1859 [1] Opened
October 1860 [1] Closed to passengers
Location
Millegin railway station

Millegin railway station, Millagan railway station [1] or later Millegin Siding [2] was briefly an intermediate stop situated [3] on what became the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) line from Grange and Cairnie Junction to Tillynaught. Millegin served the rural community and the nearby saw mill in Banffshire. The line northwards ran to Tillynaught where it split to reach Banff by a branch line or Elgin by the Moray Coast line.

Contents

Millegin was opened in 1859 by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway, [4] and closed to passengers in October 1860, remaining as a freight siding that was however lifted by 1902. [5] The line passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and was, like the rest of the ex-GNoSR lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report, closure notices were issued in 1963. [6]

Station infrastructure

In 1867 the OS map shows that the station had closed and only a siding was present with a loading dock, [7] [8] by 1902 the siding had been lifted. [9]

No physical remains of the station or siding are visible on site.

Preceding stationHistorical railwaysFollowing station
Grange
Towards Grange
  Great North of Scotland
Banff branch
  Knock
Towards Banff
Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway
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Banff
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Golf Club House
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Bridgefoot Halt
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Ladysbridge
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Ordens
BSicon exKDSTa.svg
BSicon exSTR.svg
Portsoy Harbour
BSicon exHST.svg
BSicon exSTR.svg
Portsoy
(first) (
goods only
after 1884
)
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BSicon exCONTg@Gq.svg
BSicon exlHST~R.svg
BSicon exABZ2+gr.svg
BSicon exSTR+c3.svg
Portsoy
(second)
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BSicon exlHST.svg
BSicon exldHST-L.svg
BSicon exABZg+4.svg
Tillynaught
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Cornhill
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Glenbarry
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Knock
BSicon exHST.svg
Millegin
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BSicon exSTR.svg
BSicon eHST.svg
BSicon exSTR.svg
Grange
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BSicon exSTRr.svg
curve to Aberdeen
opened 1886
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Cairnie Junction
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Rothiemay
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Huntly
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