Aberlour railway station served the village of
Aberlour, Scotland, from 1863 to 1965.
History
The station was opened by the
Strathspey Railway when it opened the first section of its railway between and on 1 July 1863.
It was the first station after the junction at
Craigellachie, where the line met 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 ...
line to .
Both the Strathspey and Morayshire railways were absorbed into 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 fro ...
in 1866 and 1881 respectively.
The station was host to a
LNER LNER may refer to:
* London and North Eastern Railway, a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1923 until 1947
* London North Eastern Railway, a train operating company in the United Kingdom since 2018
* Liquid neutral earthing resistor, a typ ...
camping coach
Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...
from 1937 to 1939. A coach was also positioned here by
Scottish Region of British Railways from 1954 to 1955.
The station closed to passengers on 18 October 1965 but the line was still open to freight until 15 November 1971.
The site today
The site is now home to the
Speyside Way
The Speyside Way (Doric: '; gd, Slighe Shrath Spe) is a long-distance path in the Scottish Highlands. The route begins in Buckie and ends at Newtonmore, away. There is an optional spur leading off the main route to Tomintoul, adding and of as ...
Visitor Centre. The building has been enlarged and the old railway buildings are now a teashop.
References
Further reading
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External links
Station on navigable O. S. map* Pictures of the station on Railsco
* Strathspey Railway on Railsco
Disused railway stations in Moray
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
Beeching closures in Scotland
Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations
1863 establishments in Scotland
1965 disestablishments in Scotland
Aberlour
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