Place Glassaugh Grid reference NJ 5585 6538 | Area Moray Platforms in use 2 | |
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Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway 1 April 1884 Great North of Scotland station opened | ||
Glassaugh railway station was a railway station that served the rural area of Glassaugh and the nearby Glenglassaugh distillery close to Portsoy in Moray. The railway station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) on its Moray Firth coast line in 1884, served by Aberdeen to Elgin trains. The station closed to regular passenger traffic on 21 September 1953, more than a decade before the total closure of the line itself in 1968.
Contents
- Background
- Great North of Scotland Railway
- Services
- The station infrastructure
- Station remnants
- References
In 1921 the GNoSR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway and at nationalisation in 1948 became part of British Railways. The line itself was later recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's report "The Reshaping of British Railways" and closed on 6 May 1968.
Background
In 1881 the Great North of Scotland Railway put a bill to parliament to extend its Portsoy line along the Moray Firth as far as Buckie. In 1882 the Great North of Scotland applied for permission to build a 25 1⁄4-mile (40.6 km) line from Portsoy following the coast to Buckie and then running on to Elgin.
Great North of Scotland Railway
The GNoSR station opened as 'Glassaugh' on 1 April 1884 with the central section of the coast line, served by through Aberdeen to Elgin trains. In the 1923 the Great North of Scotland Railway was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway. This company was nationalised in 1948, and services provided by British Railways. The line itself was recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's in his report "The Reshaping of British Railways" and closed on 6 May 1968.
Services
The GNoSR station was served by through trains running between Aberdeen and Elgin. There were no Sunday services.
The station infrastructure
Glassaugh station had two platforms, a passing loop, a bay platform and one signal box. The 1902 OS map shows a station agent's or stationmaster's cottage sat near to the site and two sidings with a goods shed.
The line was predominantly single track apart from a double track section between Buckie and Portessie. Track lifting took place shortly after closure in 1968.
Station remnants
In 2009 the westbound platform had been demolished, however the eastbound and bay platforms remained.