Date: 23/02/2023

The Court of Sessions decision to quash planning permission for a seven-house development on the site of the former Portessie railway station has left campaigners jubilant.

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Slochy Woods campaigners hail 'David vs Goliath' court victory as housing development plans quashed

Grampian Online

Save Slochy Woods campaigners have been left jubilant after the Court of Session quashed housing development plans.

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Looking east at Portessie in 1997. From left to right - GNSR eastbound, GNSR westbound, HR platform (mostly concealed by undergrowth). The station closed to passengers in May 1968. See image [[26455]]
Location: Portessie [GNSR]
Company: Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)
//1997 Ewan Crawford

The mid afternoon Elgin-Cairnie Junction DMU waits to cross an Aberdeen-Elgin DMU at Portessie on 2nd May 1968.
Location: Portessie [GNSR]
Company: Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)
02/05/1968 David Spaven

This was the base of the Highland Railway's water tank at Portessie. The shed closed with the end of passenger services to Keith in 1915 but the turntable and water tank remained in operation. Locomotives for the Buckie fish traffic made use of these in GNoSR, LMS and BR days until the turntable was removed in 1953.
Location: Portessie Shed
Company: Buckie and Portessie Branch (Highland Railway)
02/02/1997 Ewan Crawford

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