Coleburn's Platform
Location type
StationNames and dates
Coleburn (1863-1867)Coleburn^s Platform (1867-1871)
Opened on the Morayshire Railway.
Description
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.
Closure to passengers was early, in 1871. Under the LNER there was a private halt.
The signal box opened in 1897. This was on the west side of the loop.
The box closed in 1966. The line closed in 1968.
Local
Murray McDavid - Coleburn Distillery
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Birchfield Platform Longmorn Lhanbryde Sourden Orbliston Rothes Elgin East Elgin Orton Orton Junction Calcots Urquhart Balnacoul Halt Mosstowie Dandaleith | Coleburn Gravel Pit Sourden Tunnel Elgin Centre Signal Box Elgin Shed [1st] Elgin Shed [2nd] Tourist/other Coleburn Distillery Glen Elgin Distillery Longmorn Distillery Glenlossie Distillery Benriach Distillery Speyburn Distillery Linkwood Distillery Glen Grant Distillery Glenrothes Distillery Glenspey Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| 05/06/1863 | Morayshire Railway Conditional halt added at Coleburn between Elgin [GNSR] and Rothes. |
Books
 The Travellers Joy: The Story of the Morayshire Railway |
