Elgin railway station

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Elgin
Elgin railway station looking towards Inverness
Location
Place	Elgin
Local authority	Moray
Operations
Station code	ELG
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	187,789
2004/05 *	225,516
2005/06 *	245,980
History
10 August 1852	GNSR station Opened
25 March 1858	Highland station Opened
1968	GNSR Station closed
1980s	Highland Station rebuilt
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Elgin from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Elgin railway station is a railway station serving the town of Elgin, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line.

The station has two platforms linked by a footbridge, and a booking office/waiting room with a vending machine.

[edit] History

Main article: Morayshire Railway

Elgin was formerly served by two stations, one owned by the Highland Railway and one by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR). Lines went from Elgin to Lossiemouth (closed 1964), Keith via Craigellachie (1968) and Aberdeen via Buckie (1968) in addition to the present Aberdeen-Inverness route. The stations were located about 1 mile to the south of Elgin town centre, which made them inconvenient for local journeys, e.g. to Lossiemouth, and bus services soon eliminated much of the local passenger traffic - passengers would generally only use the train service if they were connecting to long-distance trains.

The stations were less than 500m apart and linked by a footpath. This situation persisted until 1968 when the GNSR station (known as Elgin East), opened on 10 August 1852, was closed.^[1] The present station, formerly the West (ex-Highland) station, opened on 25 March 1858,^[1] was rebuilt in a modern style in the 1980s.

The GNSR station building is still used as office accommodation and stands on the site of the original Morayshire Railway station.

[edit] Gallery

Station Building and Car Park.

The GNSR station.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Elgin railway station from National Rail

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[edit] Notes

[edit] Sources

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.