Balnacoul Halt Railway Station
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Balnacoul Halt railway station served the village of
Mosstodloch Mosstodloch ( gd, Mos Tudlach) is a small village in Moray, Scotland, lying near the A96 between Fochabers and Elgin on the west bank of the River Spey. The village was served by Balnacoul Halt railway station from 1893 to 1931. Education It ...
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Moray Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Between 1975 ...
, Scotland from 1893 to 1931 on the
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (I&AJR) was a railway company in Scotland, created to connect other railways and complete the route between Inverness and Aberdeen. The Inverness and Nairn Railway had opened to the public on 7 Novembe ...
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History

The station opened as Balnacoul Platform on 23 October 1893 by the
Highland Railway The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller United Kingdom, British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station, Scotland, Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north of Britain. Base ...
. The suffix 'platform' was dropped in 1904 but 'halt' was added in 1928.M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 59 The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 14 September 1931.


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Disused railway stations in Moray Former Highland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1893 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931 1893 establishments in Scotland 1931 disestablishments in Scotland {{Moray-railstation-stub