Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway

Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Overview
Locale	Scotland
History
Opened	1859
Successor line	Great North of Scotland Railway
Closed	1968
Technical
Line length	19+1⁄2 miles (31.4 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend Banff Golf Club House Bridgefoot Halt Ladysbridge Ordens Portsoy Harbour Portsoy (first) ( goods only after 1884 ) Portsoy (second) Moray Coast Rly Tillynaught Cornhill Glenbarry Knock Millegin Great North of Scotland Railway to Keith Grange curve to Aberdeen opened 1886 Cairnie Junction Rothiemay Huntly Great North of Scotland Railway to Aberdeen This diagram: view talk edit

The Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway was a Scottish railway company that connected the Aberdeenshire ports of Banff and Portsoy with the main line of the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) main line at Grange, a place some distance east of Keith. The railway opened in 1859, and was renamed the Banffshire Railway in 1863 when the GNoSR began running services.

The company was constantly short of money, and it was absorbed by the GNoSR in 1867. In 1886 a railway line was opened connecting Portsoy with coastal communities to the west, and reaching Elgin. Trains from Aberdeen ran over the Banffshire line to Portsoy and continued on the new coast line.

The Banff section from Tillynaught closed to passengers in 1964 and completely in 1968; the line from Grange to Portsoy and the Moray Coast line closed completely in 1968.