Calcots
Location type
StationName and dates
Calcots (1884-1968)Opened on the Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway).
Description
This was a two platform station with a passing loop on a single line. The main station building was on the eastbound platform.
There was a goods yard to the east of the station, approached from the south.
Two boxes opened with the station. The west box was at the north end of the eastbound platform, the east at the south end of the westbound platform, opposite the goods yard turn out. The west box closed in 1930, taken over by the east which was renamed just 'Calcots'.
The station, box and line closed in 1968.
The eastbound platform survives, almost as a boundary wall for a field. Much of the site is now given over to houses. The station cottage remains at the north end by what was a level crossing.
Easter and Wester Calcots are on the west bank of the River Lossie. The Bridge of Lossie, just to the south of the former station, gives access.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Urquhart Lhanbryde Elgin East Elgin Greens of Drainie Rifle Range Halt Longmorn Lossiemouth Orbliston Garmouth Balnacoul Halt Mosstowie Coleburn^s Platform Fochabers Town Spey Bay | Lossie Junction Lossie Viaduct Elgin Gas Works Elgin Shed [2nd] Elgin East Junction Elgin East Coal Yard Elgin Shed [1st] Morayshire Brick and Tile Works Elgin Centre Signal Box Tourist/other Linksfield Level Crossing Spynie Palace Elgin Cathedral Linkwood Distillery Ladyhill Castle Glen Moray Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 12/08/1885 | Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) Lossie Junction (Morayshire Railway) to Garmouth opened. Stations opened: Calcots, Urquhart and Garmouth. |
Books
 Banff, Moray and Nairn's Lost Railways | Moray Coast Railways |  The Travellers Joy: The Story of the Morayshire Railway |
