Aberlour railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberlour


caption =
locale = Scotland
borough = Moray
line = Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)
Great North of Scotland Railway

owner = London and North Eastern Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 1 July 1863
events = Station opens
years1 = 18 October 1965
events1 = Station closes

Aberlour railway station served the village of Aberlour in Scotland. Served by the Strathspey railway, it was the last station before the junction at Craigellachie, where the line met the Great North of Scotland line that ran from Keith to Elgin.

History

Opened by the Strathspey Railway (GNoSR), it was absorbed by the North British Railway. Then station passed on to the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. That company then closed to passengers nine years later, although the line was still open to freight until later.

The site today

The site is now home to the Speyside Way Visitor Centre [http://www.rucsacs.com/samples/26.pdf] . The building has been enlarged and the old railway buildings are now a teashop.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0
* Pictures of the station recently [http://ccgi.ewanbeth.force9.co.uk/cgi-bin/images/location.php?loc=Aberlour]

*Railscot [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Strathspey_Railway/frame.htm]