This railway is closed. The railway provided a service from Lossiemouth to Elgin [GNSR] and from Elgin [GNSR] to Craigellachie [2nd] where connection was made with the Strathspey Railway. A connection existed between Rothes and Orton on the Highland Railway. At Lossie Junction the Morayshire Railway was joined by the Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway).
This line is divided into a number of portions.
This closed station still exists, the substantial building now in use as business premises. To the south of the building the railway still runs, providing access to the terminus's goods yard.
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This coal yard consisted of a pair of sidings served from the west. The sidings followed the west to north curve of Maisondieu Road, running from east of Elgin East station and approached via reversal in the goods yard. The sidings are lifted.
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The original Morayshire Railway shed of 1852 was just east of Elgin East and south of the line (but north of the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway. This was a two road shed.
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This four road shed replaced Elgin Shed [1st]. It was probably opened in 1902, the great reconstruction of Elgin [GNSR] station. This rebuilding made access to the original shed awkward and, with steady increase in traffic, inadequate with its two roads.
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This junction was east of Elgin [GNSR] station. The junction was formed in 1862 when the course of the original portion of the Morayshire Railway from Elgin to Lossiemouth of 1852 was met by its later route via Longmorn to Rothes of 1862.
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This junction was just north of Elgin. This is where the Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) met the older Morayshire Railway at a junction giving access to Elgin [East].
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This was a halt at the Linksfield Level Crossing, just north of Lossie Junction near Elgin [East]. There was a short platform on the west side of the line, just south of the level crossing itself.
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This was a small halt at Wester Greens. There was a very short platform on the east side of the line where the line crossed a drainage ditch.
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This halt was just south of Lossiemouth. It served a Second World War rifle range. Largely used by the Territorial Army.
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This was a single platform station with a large goods yard. The yard was located to the east of the passenger station and extended to the quaysides of the inner harbour.
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This was the junction between the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway and the extension of the Morayshire Railway south to Craigellachie [1st]. Both lines were single track and opened in 1858. The junction was south of Orton station and west of the [Boat o' Brig Viaduct] on the main line east to Aberdeen.
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This was a small station to the west of the Pool of Sourden and just west of Bridge Sourden. An early closure it existed for 18 years. The 1862 opening of the line between Elgin East and Rothes led to its closure in 1866 and eventually led to the closure of the line in 1880. The track remained in place for some time afterwards.
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This was a station with staggered platforms and a fine building on the northbound platform, at the south end.
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This was a single platform station with a large timber building. It was, briefly, the terminus of the line until it was extended south over the River Spey by the Craigellachie Bridge to Strathspey Junction. The station was to be renamed Dandaleith in 1864, with Strathspey Junction becoming Craigellachie [2nd].
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This was a single track viaduct of four spans to the north of Craigellachie [2nd] station and just south of Dandaleith station. The Morayshire Railway was to open to Dandaleith (then called Craigellachie) while this viaduct was completed, then extended to Craigellachie [2nd], then called Strathspey Junction.
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This was a three platform station and junction. There were two platforms on the route between Elgin East and Keith via Dufftown and one platform on the Strathspey route to Boat of Garten. To the north on the Elgin route the line almost immediately crossed the Craigellachie Bridge to reach Dandaleith.
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This junction was east of Elgin [GNSR] station. The junction was formed in 1862 when the course of the original portion of the Morayshire Railway from Elgin to Lossiemouth of 1852 was met by its later route via Longmorn to Rothes of 1862.
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This was a two platform station with a passing loop. The main station building was on the northbound platform with a smaller building on the southbound. Both were in timber.
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This platform served Coleburn Distillery. To the south was a passing loop with a signal box and sidings for the distillery. The sidings were on the west side of the line and served from the south (the north end of the loop). A siding ran from the south end of the loop to a gravel pit on the west side of the line.
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A halt, also known as Birchfield Siding. The platform was on the west side of the single line. It was a little north of the house and level crossing at Birchfield.
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This was a station with staggered platforms and a fine building on the northbound platform, at the south end.
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This closed station still exists, the substantial building now in use as business premises. To the south of the building the railway still runs, providing access to the terminus's goods yard.
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A junction opened in 1858 between the 1852 Morayshire Railway and the 1858 Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
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