Calcots railway station

Calcots
General information
LocationCalcots, Moray
Scotland
Coordinates57°39′42″N 3°14′57″W / 57.661783°N 3.249201°W / 57.661783; -3.249201
Grid referenceNJ 2558 6421
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
12 August 1884station opened[1]
6 May 1968Closed[2]

Calcots railway station was a railway station in the parish of St Andrews-Lhanbryd, Moray. The railway station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) on its Moray Firth coast line in 1884,[2] served by Aberdeen to Elgin trains. It served a rural area rather than a discrete settlement and closed to regular passenger traffic on 6 May 1968 on the same date as the line itself.[3][4]

In 1923 the GNoSR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway and at nationalisation in 1948 became part of British Railways. The line was recommended for closure in Dr Beeching's report "The Reshaping of British Railways" and closed to all traffic on 6 May 1968.

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 97.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 51.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 238.
  4. ^ RCAHMS Site Record