Gollanfield Junction railway station

Gollanfield Junction
The site of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Gollanfield, Highland Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Inverness and Nairn Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
7 November 1855	Opened as Fort George
1 July 1899	Renamed Gollanfield Junction
March 1959	Renamed Gollanfield
3 May 1965	Closed

Gollanfield Junction was a railway station located at Gollanfield, to the west of Nairn, Scotland, (now in the Highland Council Area). Opened in 1855 by the Inverness and Nairn Railway, it was initially named Fort George after the military base nearby.^[1]

In July 1899 the Highland Railway opened a direct branch to Fort George (which was actually sited in the village of Ardersier). With the opening of the branch, the station was renamed Gollanfield Junction. Passenger services on the branch were withdrawn in 1943 and it closed to all traffic in August 1958.^{[citation needed]} The following year, the station was renamed Gollanfield by British Railways.^[1]

Goods traffic at the station ceased in May 1964 and it was closed to passenger traffic on 3 May 1965 (along with all the other remaining stations between Nairn & Inverness) as a result of the Beeching Axe.^[1]

Most of the buildings were subsequently demolished after closure, but the station house remain standing and is used as a private residence. A single line remains in use by passenger trains between Inverness, Elgin and Aberdeen.^[2]