Banff railway station (Scotland)

Disused railway station in Banff, Aberdeenshire

This article is about station in Aberdeenshire. For the station in Alberta, Canada, see Banff station.

Banff

Banff Harbour

A passenger train leaving the station in June 1964

General information
Location| Banff, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates| 57°40′13″N 2°31′30″W﻿ / ﻿57.6703°N 2.5251°W﻿ / 57.6703; -2.5251
Grid reference| NJ687646
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping| Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping| London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 May 1860| Opened as Banff Harbour[1]
1928| Renamed Banff[1]
6 July 1964| Closed to passengers[1]
6 May 1968| Closed to all traffic[2]

Banff railway station was the railway station serving the town of Banff, Banffshire.

## History[edit]

The line from Tillynaught opened in 1859 and a temporary terminus opened on 30 July 1859.[1] A permanent station opened the following year. As originally built there was a single platform and a goods line through to the quayside at Banff harbour but this was cut back prior to 1900 when a second platform line was constructed.

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoS) took over the line in 1867 and operated it until grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the former GNoS lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963.[3] Passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 and the entire line, including Banff station, finally closed in 1968.

Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway

Legend

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|  | Banff

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|  | Golf Club House
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|  | Bridgefoot Halt
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|  | Ladysbridge
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|  | Ordens
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|  | Portsoy Harbour
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|  | Portsoy

(first) ( | goods only

after 1884

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|  | Portsoy

(second)

Moray Coast Rly

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|  | Tillynaught
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|  | Cornhill
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|  | Glenbarry
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|  | Knock
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|  | Millegin
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| Great North of Scotland Railway

to Keith

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|  | Grange
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| curve to Aberdeen

opened 1886

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|  | Cairnie Junction
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|  | Rothiemay
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|  | Huntly
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| Great North of Scotland Railway

to Aberdeen

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## References[edit]

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Quick (2009), p. 71.
2. ^ Maxtone (2005), p. 79.
3. ^ Maxtone (2005), p. 80.

### Sources[edit]

* Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The railways of the Banff & Moray coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN 0-9547346-1-0.
* Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

## External links[edit]

* RailScot - Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway

Preceding station  | Historical railways | Following station

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Golf Club House Halt
Towards Grange  |  | Great North of Scotland
Banff branch |  | Terminus

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Great North of Scotland Railway

Constituent
railways|

* Aberdeen and Turriff (originally Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction)
* Aboyne & Braemar
* Alford Valley
* Banff, Macduff and Turriff Extension
* Banffshire (originally Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla)
* Deeside
* Formartine and Buchan
* Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction
* Keith and Dufftown
* Morayshire
* Strathspey

Successor railway|

London and North Eastern

Heritage railways|

* Alford Valley
* Keith and Dufftown
* Royal Deeside
* Strathspey

Rail trails|

* Deeside Way
* Formartine and Buchan Way

* Aberdeen–Inverness line
* List of Great North of Scotland Railway stations
* Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway

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