Banff railway station (Scotland)

This article is about station in Aberdeenshire. For the station in Alberta, Canada, see Banff station.

Banff railway station was the railway station serving the town of Banff, Banffshire.

Banff Banff Harbour
A passenger train leaving the station in June 1964
General information
Location	Banff, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Coordinates	57.6703°N 2.5251°W / 57.6703; -2.5251
Grid reference	NJ687646
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 May 1860	Opened as Banff Harbour[1]
1928	Renamed Banff[1]
6 July 1964	Closed to passengers[1]
6 May 1968	Closed to all traffic[2]

History

The line from Tillynaught opened in 1859 and a temporary terminus opened on 30 July 1859.^[1] A permanent station opened the following year. As originally built, there was a single platform and a goods line through to the quayside at Banff harbour, but that was cut back prior to 1900, when a second platform line was constructed.

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoS) took over the line in 1867 and operated it until the grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the former GNoS lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report, and closure notices were issued in 1963.^[3] Passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 and the entire line, including Banff station, was closed in 1968.

Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Legend
Banff Golf Club House Bridgefoot Halt Ladysbridge Ordens Portsoy Harbour Portsoy (first) ( goods only after 1884 ) Portsoy (second) Moray Coast Rly Tillynaught Cornhill Glenbarry Knock Millegin Great North of Scotland Railway to Keith Grange curve to Aberdeen opened 1886 Cairnie Junction Rothiemay Huntly Great North of Scotland Railway to Aberdeen
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References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 71.
2. Maxtone (2005), p. 79.
3. Maxtone (2005), p. 80.

Sources

• Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The railways of the Banff & Moray coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN 0-9547346-1-0.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links

• RailScot - Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Golf Club House Halt Towards Grange		Great North of Scotland Banff branch		Terminus