Grange | |
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General information | |
Location | Grange, Banffshire (current day Moray) Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°32′33″N 2°50′36″W / 57.5424°N 2.8433°W |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great North of Scotland Railway Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
5 January 1857 | Opened[1] |
20 July 1859 | Branch line opened[2] |
7 March 1960 | Curve to Coast Line closed[3] |
6 May 1968 | Closed[1] |
Grange railway station was a railway station in the parish of Grange, historically in Banffshire (although currently in Moray). Opened in 1856 by the Great North of Scotland Railway, three years later it became a junction station after the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway built a branch to Banff and Portsoy.
The Great North of Scotland Railway was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 and became part of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The station was recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's report "The Reshaping of British Railways" and closed on 6 May 1968. The railway remains open as the Aberdeen to Inverness Line.