Cummingston railway station stood on the Burghead and Hopeman Branch of the

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and once served the small village of

Cummingston Cummingston is located on the north-east coast of Scotland in Moray. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gaelic ''an Coileach'' meaning ...

, formerly Cummingstown, in the Scottish district of

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(formerly

Elginshire Moray; ( gd, Moireibh ) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. It w ...

History

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 ...

opened the original branch from Alves Junction to

Burghead Burghead ( sco, Burgheid or ''The Broch'', gd, Am Broch) is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on thre ...

in 1862. In 1865 the line was taken over by the

and work started on continuing the branch from

Hopeman Hopeman ( sco, Houpmin, gd, Hudaman) is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances. According to the 2011 census ...

via

, the extension opening on 10 October 1892.

had closed as early as 1904 however the

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took over the line itself in 1921, the last passenger train on the branch running on 12 September 1931. Services ran to

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or to

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by changing at Alves.

Infrastructure

The short platform on the single track line had no passing loop but had a siding, signal box and signals, with a small shelter. It was reached by a path that ran from near the overbridge. Standing on the landward side of the line the station was opened to serve the village for residents and visitors. Nothing now remains of the station and the track has been lifted, however the route is in use as a cyclepath and original road overbridge still survives to the south of the station site. Elginshire, 001.16 & 12, Surveyed: 1904, Published: 1905
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References

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External links

Video footage of Cummingston and Hopeman
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1904 Disused railway stations in Moray Former Highland Railway stations