Dandaleith railway station
Appearance
57°29′55″N 3°11′28″W / 57.498533°N 3.191058°W
Dandaleith | |
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General information | |
Location | Moray |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
Original company | Great North of Scotland Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
23 December 1858 | Opened as Craigellachie |
1864 | Name changed to Dandaleith |
5 March 1962 | Closed |
Dandaleith railway station served the village of Craigellachie, Moray, Scotland from 1858 to 1962 on the Morayshire Railway.
History
The station opened as Craigellachie on 23 December 1858 by the Great North of Scotland Railway. It was the southern terminus of the line until Craigellachie opened in 1863. To the north was a goods yard. The station's name was changed to Dandaleith in 1864 to avoid confusion with the Craigellachie station that opened to the south a year before. It was downgraded to an unstaffed halt in 1931, although it became staffed after 7 June 1953. Eventually, only one train a day called at the station and it closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 March 1962.[1][2]
References
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 141. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "RAILSCOT-Dandaleith". Railscot. Retrieved 25 November 2018.