Elgin railway station

This article is about the railway station in Scotland. For Elgin station in Illinois, see Milwaukee District/West Line.

Elgin
Elgin railway station, looking towards Inverness
Location
Place	Elgin
Local authority	Moray
Coordinates	57.643°N 3.311°W / 57.643; -3.311
Operations
Station code	ELG
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.188 million
2004/05 *	0.226 million
2005/06 *	0.246 million
2006/07 *	0.240 million
2007/08 *	0.247 million
2008/09 *	0.297 million
History
10 August 1852	GNSR station opened
25 March 1858	Highland station opened
1968	GNSR station closed
1990	Highland station rebuilt
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Elgin from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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.

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 one 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 500 metres 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. The present station, formerly the West (ex-Highland) station, opened on 25 March 1858, and was rebuilt in a modern style in 1990.

The GNSR station building is still used as office accommodation and stands on the site of the original Morayshire Railway station. A sizeable goods yard is still in operation on this site.

References

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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Keith		First ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line		Forres
	Historical railways
Orbliston Junction Line open; station closed		Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway		Mosstowie Line open; station closed