Forres: The new Forres station, looking towards Inverness. The station is very spacious, laid out with a large car park and room for expansion. The previous station is landscaped, now an area of grass.
Ewan Crawford 05/10/2018
Forres
Location type
StationName and dates
Forres (2017-)Station code: FOR National Rail ScotRail
Where: Moray, Scotland
Opened on the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
Open on the Aberdeen to Inverness.
Description
This is a modern two platform station, a footbridge with lifts, a station building on the westbound platform and a car park to the south. It is the third Forres station (fourth if we include a temporary station, Dalvey [1st]). Opening was in late 2017, the new station being to the north of Forres [2nd]. The station is on a long loop.
To the west of the station is a new road bridge, built to replace the Waterford Road Level Crossing to the east of the former station.
The former station suffered from having a single platform in its later days, with the passing loop to the east. This meant that a westbound train would have to wait in the loop for a late eastbound train, with the passenger who wished to alight unable to do so.
The site of the new station is similar to that of Forres [1st], a little to its west.
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Station
| Nearby stations Forres [2nd] Forres [1st] Dallas Dhu Halt Dalvey [Forres] Rafford Kinloss [3rd] Kinloss [2nd] Brodie Findhorn Coltfield Platform Alves Dunphail Auldearn Burghead [1st] Burghead [2nd] | Forres Shed Forres West Junction Forres South Junction Forres East Junction Findhorn Viaduct [Forres] Bowmanhill Ballast Siding Dallas Dhu Siding Findhorn Foundation Tourist/other Benromach Distillery Falconer Museum Nelson^s Tower Sueno^s Stone Dallas Dhu Distillery Dalvey House Findhorn Bay |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 22/07/1861 | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Aberfeldy Branch (Inverness and Perth Junction Railway) Act obtained for a line between Dunkeld and Forres, and Ballinluig to Aberfeldy. Engineer: Joseph Mitchell. Running power from Stanley Junction to Perth General over the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. |
| 18/09/2005 | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway The 23 mile Dava Way is opened from Grantown-on-Spey West to Forres. |
| 17/10/2017 | Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway New Forres station opened, a two platform station on a long loop, replacing the single platform remains of Forres [2nd] which had no a passing loop (with trains waiting to pass others frustratingly held in the passing loop when late running occurred). The new station opened on roughly the site of the original Forres [1st] station. |
