Findhorn Railway

Introduction

This railway is long closed. Passenger services are still provided by ScotRail between Inverness and Aberdeen.




Dates

  /  /1859Findhorn Railway
Act receives Royal assent
18/04/1860Findhorn Railway
Line opened.
01/03/1862Findhorn RailwayInverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway
Findhorn Railway operation taken over by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
01/01/1869Findhorn Railway
Closed to passengers.
  /  /1880Findhorn Railway
Closed completely and company liquidated.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Kinloss station was relocated to the east almost as soon as it opened with the opening of the short lived Findhorn Railway. The new station had one platform face on each line, there was an island platform in the 'V' of the junction. There was a loop on the branch line.
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See also
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway
Looking east from Kinloss towards Elgin in the 1960s, with Kinloss station and level crossing behind the camera. [With thanks to Duncan McAdam, Gordon ...
Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //
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This was a short lived terminus by the shore and two piers in Findhorn. There was a wooden station building on the south side of the B9011 where the line finished. To the north of this, across the road, was a railway owned warehouse and office. The goods line passed by the station, on its south side, continuing to the two piers. The east pier was served by turnplate.
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Looking north at the former terminus of the Findhorn Railway. The nearer pier was served by the line via a turnplate and the buffer stop was close to ...
Ewan Crawford //1998
Looking north at the site of the former Findhorn station. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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