Ballifurth Farm Halt railway station was one of four halts, , , , and Ballifurth Farm Halt, opened on the Speyside route between Elgin and Aviemore, Scotland, on 15 June 1959, on the introduction of

railbuses A railbus is a lightweight passenger railcar that shares many aspects of its construction with a bus, typically having a bus (original or modified) body and four wheels on a fixed base, instead of on bogies. Originally designed and developed d ...

. Drivers were warned when approaching the halts by white boards stating 'Request Stop 100 Yards Ahead'.

History

Opened by the

Scottish Region of British Railways The Scottish Region (ScR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and ex-London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) lines in Scotland. It existed from the creation o ...

in 1959, it was then closed by the British Railways Board when services on the line were withdrawn in 1965.

The site today

The track bed is now Speyside Way.

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Disused railway stations in Highland (council area) Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1959 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Beeching closures in Scotland {{Highland-railstation-stub