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Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway is an historic railway in Scotland.
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It was authorised by an Act of Parliament on 21 July 1856 as an extension to the Inverness and Nairn Railway, the line was opened in stages:
Originally the intention was to connect with the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) at Elgin, however the GNoSR offered to pay for the railway to be built to Keith.[1]
During its short life, the following railways were absorbed by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (I&AJR).[1]
The railway merged with the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway to form the Highland Railway on 1 February 1865.
The Findhorn Railway was incorporated in 1859 and ran from Kinloss branching off the I&AJR from the east. It operated as an independent concern until the company had money problems which resulted in it being taken over by the I&AJR. However this reprieve did not last long as the service was withdrawn in 1869, and the route lifted in 1873. Little remains of the track bed, partly because of the construction of the RAF base, Kinloss, over its route. Its junction with the mainline can be still be traced and is overgrown with a group of pine trees.
The main line is still open with services provided by First ScotRail. However the majority of stations are now closed. All the connections to adjacent lines are also closed, with the exception of the Hopeman Branch which is open for freight traffic to Burghead.
The old station at Forres is closed and only one platform out of the previous six at the new station at Forres is now in service. The Keith and Dufftown Railway platform at Keith Junction is still in use.