Dandaleith railway station served the village of

Craigellachie, Moray Craigellachie ( gd, Creag Eileachaidh) is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich (whose valley or glen gives its name to the famous Scotch whisky Glenfiddich), in walking distance of the town ...

, Scotland from 1858 to 1965 on the

Morayshire Railway The Morayshire Railway was the first railway to be built north of Aberdeen, Scotland. It received royal assent in 1846 but construction was delayed until 1851 because of the adverse economic conditions existing in the United Kingdom. The railwa ...

History

The station opened as Craigellachie on 23 December 1858 by the

Great North of Scotland Railway The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating in the north-east of the country. Formed in 1845, it carried its first passengers the fr ...

. It was the southern terminus of the line until opened in 1863. To the north was a goods yard. The station's name was changed to Dandaleith in 1864 to avoid confusion with the Craigellachie station that opened to the south a year before. It was downgraded to an unstaffed halt in 1931, although it became staffed after 7 June 1953. Eventually, only one train a day called at the station and it closed to both passengers on 5 March 1962 and closed to goods traffic on 18 November 1965.

References

Disused railway stations in Moray Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 1858 establishments in Scotland 1962 disestablishments in Scotland {{Moray-railstation-stub