Cornhill
Location type
StationName and dates
Cornhill (1859-1968)Opened on the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station with a goods yard at the south end, reached by reversal. The platform was on the west side and goods siding on the east. To the north was a bridge over the road to Cornhill, not far to the south east.
An auction market opened next to the station on its east east.
The station building and goods shed survived closure. The station building has been restored and is now a house.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
02/06/2018
| Nearby stations Tillynaught Glenbarry Ordens Platform Portsoy [2nd] Glassaugh Knock Portsoy [1st] Ladysbridge Tochieneal Millegan Bridgefoot Halt Cullen Golf Club House Halt Grange Cairnie Junction | Portsoy Harbour Junction Portsoy Harbour Shiel Wood Timber Siding Gillyfurry Siding Inverboyndie Siding Cullen Seafield Street Viaduct Cullen Castle Street Viaduct Cullen North Deskford Street Bridge Grange North Junction Tourist/other Knockdhu Distillery Glenglassaugh Distillery Deskford Church Inverboyndie Level Crossing Banff Distillery Cullen House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1849 | Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway) Opened from Tweedmouth to Sprouston. Velvet Hall, Norham, Cornhill, Carham and Sprouston opened. |
| 30/07/1859 | Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway Line opened (including Portsoy Harbour); stations at Knock, Cornhill, Tillynaught, Ladysbridge, Banff and Portsoy [1st]. Conditional halts were at Barry [GNSR], Ordens and Millegan. |
| / /1873 | Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway) Cornhill renamed Coldstream. |
