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).
16/07/1846 | [Morayshire Railway] Act receives Royal assent. Authorised from Lossiemouth to Elgin and from Orton to Craigellachie. |
10/07/1850 | [Morayshire Railway] Authorisation of Orton to Craigellachie abandoned. |
28/11/1851 | [Morayshire Railway] First Sod cut. |
10/08/1852 | [Morayshire Railway] Line opens from Elgin to Lossiemouth. |
/ /1858 | [Morayshire Railway] Orton to Craigellachie re-authorised. |
/07/1858 | Morayshire Railway Pre-opening inspection of Orton to Rothes line (passed but frustratingly the Elgin to Orton section of the [Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway] fails). |
23/08/1858 | Morayshire Railway Orton (on the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway) to Rothes opened. |
23/12/1858 | [Morayshire Railway] Rothes to Craigellachie opened. |
/12/1859 | [Morayshire Railway] Linksfield Level Crossing Halt and Greens of Drainie Halt closed. |
03/07/1860 | Morayshire Railway Elgin East to Rothes via Longmorn authorised (avoiding difficulties using the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway's Elgin to Orton section). |
17/05/1861 | [Morayshire Railway] Extension from Craigellachie to join the [Strathspey Railway] authorised. |
30/12/1861 | [Morayshire Railway] Elgin to Rothes opened to freight. |
01/01/1862 | [Morayshire Railway] Elgin to Rothes opened to passengers (Intermediate station opened at Longmorn). |
05/06/1863 | [Morayshire Railway] Conditional halt added at Coleburn between Elgin and Rothes. |
01/07/1863 | [Morayshire Railway] Line opened from Craigellachie to Speyside Junction. |
/ /1864 | [Morayshire Railway] [Strathspey Railway] Craigellachie renamed Dandaleith and Strathspey Junction renamed Craigellachie. |
31/07/1866 | [Morayshire Railway] Rothes to Orton closed. |
/ /1871 | [Morayshire Railway] Coleburn closed and Birchfield Platform (conditional halt) opened to replace it. |
11/08/1881 | [Morayshire Railway] [Great North of Scotland Railway] Morayshire Railway absorbed by Great North of Scotland Railway. (Alternative date: 1880). |
12/08/1885 | Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) Lossie Junction (Morayshire Railway) to Garmouth opened. Stations opened: Calcots, Urquhart and Garmouth. |
/ /1898 | [Morayshire Railway] Longmorn distillery branch opened. |
/ /1902 | [Morayshire Railway] Elgin station rebuilt. |
/ /1903 | [Morayshire Railway] Railcars used on Lossiemouth branch. |
/ /1907 | [Morayshire Railway] Rothes to Orton track lifted. |
06/04/1964 | [Morayshire Railway] Lossiemouth to Elgin (Lossie Junction) closed to passengers. |
28/03/1966 | [Morayshire Railway] Elgin East to Lossie Junction to Lossiemouth closed to freight. |
06/05/1968 | [Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway] [Moray Coast Railway] ([Great North of Scotland Railway]) [Morayshire Railway] Elgin to Buckie to Cairnie Junction closed to passengers. |
06/05/1968 | [Keith and Dufftown Railway] [Morayshire Railway] [Strathspey Railway] Elgin to Craigellachie to Keith Junction closed to passengers. |
04/11/1968 | [Morayshire Railway] [Strathspey Railway] Elgin East to Craigellachie closed to freight. |
/ /1979 | [Morayshire Railway] Longmorn distillery branch closed having been used as a line simply between distilleries for a number of years. |
This line is divided into a number of portions.
The station still stands, 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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The original Morayshire Railway shed of 1852 was just east of Elgin East and south of the line. This was a two road shed. It was replaced by Elgin Shed [2nd] but it still stands. ...
More detailsThis 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.
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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 Spey Bridge 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 to Strathspey Junction.
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This was a single track viaduct to the north of Craigellachie 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, the 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.
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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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The station still stands, 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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