Forres railway station

Forres

National Rail
The new station in 2019, looking eastward towards Elgin and Aberdeen
General information
LocationForres, Moray
Scotland
Coordinates57°36′35″N 3°37′33″W / 57.6097°N 3.6258°W / 57.6097; -3.6258
Grid referenceNJ029589
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFOR[2]
History
Original companyInverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
25 March 1858Opened[3] by Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway
3 August 1863Station reopened[3] by Highland Railway
5 October 2017Old station closed
17 October 2017New relocated station opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.126 million
2019/20Increase 0.141 million
2020/21Decrease 32,890
2021/22Increase 92,636
2022/23Increase 97,030
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Forres railway station serves the town of Forres, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen–Inverness line, between Nairn and Elgin, measured 119 miles 42 chains (192.4 km) from Perth via the Dava route.[4]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 98
  4. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.