Buckie railway station
| Buckie | |
|---|---|
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Great North of Scotland station in 1961 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Buckie |
| Area | Moray |
| Coordinates | 57°40′30″N 2°57′36″W / 57.675°N 2.96°WCoordinates: 57°40′30″N 2°57′36″W / 57.675°N 2.96°W |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| History | |
| 1 August 1884 | Highland station opened[1] |
| 1 May 1886 | Great North of Scotland station opened[1] |
| 9 August 1915 | Highland station closed[1] |
| 6 May 1968 | Closed[1] |
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Buckie railway station was a railway station in Buckie, in current day Moray. The station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) on its Moray Firth coast line in 1886, served by Aberdeen to Elgin trains.
The Highland Railway had opened another station in Buckie two years previously, on a branch from Keith, but this closed in 1915.
The GNoSR was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1921 and became part of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The station and line was recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's report "The Reshaping of British Railways" and closed on 6 May 1968.
History
Background
The Great North of Scotland Railway introduced a bill to parliament in 1881 to extend its line from Portsoy along the Moray Firth to Buckie, and this was opposed by the Highland Railway and rejected.[2] The following year both the Great North and Highland railways applied to parliament for permission, the Great North for a 25 1⁄4-mile (40.6 km) line from Portsoy along the coast through Buckie to Elgin, and the Highland for a branch from Keith to Buckie and Cullen. Authority was granted, but in the case of the Highland Railway only for a line as far as Portessie.[3]
Highland Railway
The Highland Railway reached Buckie from Keith on 1 August 1884. Services were suspended on 9 August 1915 and the rails south of Buckie removed, although it was hoped to restart services. The line remained closed in 1923,[4] when the Highland Railway was absorbed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). After this the track was relaid, but services were not restarted and the track eventually removed again.[5]
Great North of Scotland Railway
The GNoSR station opened on 1 May 1886 with the central section of the coast line, served by through Aberdeen to Elgin trains.[6] In the 1921 Grouping, the Great North of Scotland Railway was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway. This was nationalised in 1948, and services provided by British Railways. The station and line was recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's in his report "The Reshaping of British Railways"[7] and closed on 6 May 1968.[1]
Services
The GNoSR station was served by four through trains a day between Aberdeen to Elgin.[6] The speed of trains increased, so that in 1896 Locomotive Magazine was able to record a run from Aberdeen to Elgin that completed the 61 miles (98 km) in 1 1⁄4 hours.[8]
In summer 1948, Buckie was served by four Aberdeen to Inverness trains, with Buckie about 2 1⁄2 hours from Aberdeen. There was also a mid-day Keith Town to Inverness service and an evening service from Aberdeen that terminated at Elgin. There were three services from Inverness to Aberdeen, a service from Lossiemouth and Elgin to Aberdeen and a Saturday service from Inverness to Keith that after 19 June was accelerated and extended to Aberdeen. There were no Sunday services.[9]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathven | Highland 1884–1915 |
Portessie | ||
| Buckpool | Great North of Scotland 1886–1868 |
Portessie | ||
References
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Butt 1995, p. 47.
- ↑ Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 92–93.
- ↑ Vallance 1991, p. 93.
- ↑ Vallance & Clinker 1971, p. 39.
- ↑ Vallance & Clinker 1971, pp. 174–175.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Vallance 1991, p. 95.
- ↑ Beeching 1963a, p. 125
Beeching 1963b, map 9 - ↑ Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 125–126.
- ↑ "Passenger Timetable: Scottish Region". British Railways. May 1948. Table 150. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
Sources
- Beeching, Richard (1963). The Reshaping of British Railways (PDF). HMSO.
- Beeching, Richard (1963). The Reshaping of British Railways (maps) (PDF). HMSO.
- 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 ed.). Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Barclay-Harvey, Malcolm (1950). A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-2592-9.
- Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R. (1971). The Highland Railway. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-330-02720-5.
- Vallance, H. A. (27 June 1991). Great North of Scotland railway. The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands vol 3. David St John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-60-0.