This railway is closed. The railway provided a service from Grange to Portsoy [1st] and Banff. Later the Great North of Scotland Railway extended the Portsoy line to Lossie Junction on the Morayshire Railway; the Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway). Following this the line provided a service from Cairnie Junction to Elgin East with a branch to Banff. The line was also known as the Banffshire Railway after 1863.
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Grange junction to Tillynaught junction.
This was a two platform station for much of its existence. From 1859 to 1886 it was the junction station for the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway with the junction at the east end of the station. Because of this it had a turntable at the east end, north of the line. There was a bay at the east end of the eastbound platform. The station had a loop before the main line was doubled. The main ...
More detailsThis was one of the junctions of the triangular junction former between the Great North of Scotland Railway and the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway, the other junctions being Grange Junction (to the west) and Grange South Junction (later Cairnie Junction) to the south. Grange North was actually in the east but was clearly named for the distinction from the south junction.
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This was a short lived station. Probably spelt Millegin and marked on a contemporary OS map as Millegin Siding.. It was to the north of a road bridge close to the Bridge of Millegin. The platform was on the east side of the line and to the south there was a siding for a loading bank contiguous with the platform on the east side of the line, approached from the south.
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This station was originally located to the south of the overbridge, with a siding approached from the south on the east side of the line. The single platform station was located on the east side of the line.
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This was a two platform station with a loop. The main station building was on the southbound platform.
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This was a single platform station with a goods yard at the south end, reached by reversal. The platform was on the west side and goods siding on the east. To the north was a bridge over the road to Cornhill, not far to the south east.
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This was a three platform station. There were two through platforms on the line via the Moray Coast and Buckie [GNSR] to Elgin East and a single platform on the branch to Banff. The branch platform had a loop on the line.
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Tillynaught junction to Portsoy [1st].
This was a three platform station. There were two through platforms on the line via the Moray Coast and Buckie [GNSR] to Elgin East and a single platform on the branch to Banff. The branch platform had a loop on the line.
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This former terminus is one of the most remarkable station survivors in Scotland. It has a station with a wooden trainshed dating from 1859. This has an attractive herring-bone pattern end from the panels which formed the screen, below this the entry has been blocked to create a shed. The station trainshed remains intact with an utterly out of keeping modern extension on the west side.
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The harbour was served by a short branch which extended north from Portsoy [1st] to the quaysides. This line bypassed the terminus on its east side. This was a steep line, its operation was limited to one wagon in transit at a time.
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Tillynaught Junction to Banff.
This was a three platform station. There were two through platforms on the line via the Moray Coast and Buckie [GNSR] to Elgin East and a single platform on the branch to Banff. The branch platform had a loop on the line.
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This was a single platform halt with a simple wooden shelter. The platform was on the south side of the line.
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This was a single platform station. The platform was on the north side of the line with a siding on the south side, approached from the west. Later a second and then a third siding was added.
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This siding was on the north side of the line just east of Bridgefoot Halt. It served the Banff Distillery, which was to the north. Approach was from the east. Also known as the Boyndie Siding.
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This short platform was located on the north side of the line at Bridgefoot, just to the east of the Banff Distillery at Inverboyndie.
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This halt served the Boyndie Links Golf Course or Banff Golf Club, the clubhouse of which was located just to the north. The golf club was sandwiched between the railway and the sea. This is not the same course as at Duff House. The course at Inverboyndie does not.
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This was a two platform terminus station, with an island platform. One platform was covered by a station trainshed and the other was outside the trainshed, to the seaward side. The goods yard was also to the seaward side, approached from Tillynaught. The station building was two storey, having a timber roof trainshed with stone walls. (The trainshed was similar to those surviving on the former ...
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