Cromdale railway station

Cromdale
Cromdale station, 2012
Location
Place	Cromdale
Area	Highland
Operations
Original company	Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
History
1 July 1863	Station opens
18 October 1965	Station closes
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Cromdale railway station served the village of Cromdale, Highland, in Scotland.

History

Opened by the Strathspey Railway (GNoSR), it was absorbed by the Great North of Scotland Railway. Then station passed on to the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board. The station is on the route of the Speyside Way long distance path and has been restored as a private dwelling with an external appearance close to that of the original Great North of Scotland design. A restored carriage body built at the Inverurie works in 1916 stands behind the platform.^[1]

A private 1.5 mile railway line ran from the station yard to Balmenach Distillery, opening in 1897 and closing in 1968. It also closed from 1941 to 1947 when the distillery re-opened following expansion.^[2] The Barclay 'pug' locomotive 'Balmenach' which worked the line is now preserved at Boat of Garten on the Strathspey Railway.^[3]

References

Sources

• Atterbury, Paul (2009). All Change! Basingstoke : AA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7495-5785-0.
• 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.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jackson, Richard (2006). The Speyside Line. Pub. privately. ISBN 0-902343-17-3.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

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• Balmenach Distillery

Coordinates: 57°20′20″N 3°32′41″W / 57.3388°N 3.5448°W / 57.3388; -3.5448