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Rifle Range Halt (Morayshire) railway station

Coordinates: 57°42′28″N 3°16′59″W / 57.70778°N 3.28311°W / 57.70778; -3.28311
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Rifle Range Halt (Morayshire)
General information
LocationLossiemouth, Moray
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLNER
Post-groupingLNER
British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
1940 (1940)Opened
1950 (1950)Closed

Rifle Range Halt railway station (Morayshire) served the town of Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland from 1940 to 1950 on the Morayshire Railway.

History

The station opened in 1940 by the London and North Eastern Railway. It primarily served a Second World War rifle range east of the halt, hence the name. It closed in 1950. The trackbed survived after the vegetation was cleared.[1]

References

  1. ^ "RAILSCOT - Rifle Range Halt". Railscot. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

External links

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Lossiemouth
Line and station closed
  London and North Eastern Railway
Morayshire Railway
  Greens of Drainie
Line and station closed

57°42′28″N 3°16′59″W / 57.70778°N 3.28311°W / 57.70778; -3.28311