Elgin railway station
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| The GNSR station | |||
| Location | |||
| Place | Elgin | ||
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| Operations | |||
| Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 0.226 million | ||
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| ???? | Opened | ||
| 1980s | Station rebuilt | ||
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| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Elgin. | |||
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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 2 platforms linked by a footbridge, and a booking office/waiting room with a vending machine.
[edit] History
Elgin was served by 2 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 1 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 500m apart and linked by a footpath. This situation persisted until 1968 when the GNSR station (known as Elgin East) was closed. The present station, formerly the West (ex-Highland) station, was rebuilt in a modern style in the 1980s.
The GNSR station building is still used as office accommodation and stands on the site of the original Morayshire Railway station.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Elgin railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Elgin railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Keith | First ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line |
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