Tochieneal railway station

Tochieneal
General information
LocationTochieneal, Moray
Scotland
Coordinates57°40′41″N 2°48′01″W / 57.67814°N 2.800212°W / 57.67814; -2.800212
Grid referenceNJ 5238 6565
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 April 1884Great North of Scotland station opened[1]
1 October 1951[1][2]Closed

Tochieneal railway station was a railway station that served the small industrial village of Tochieneal,[3] close to Cullen in Moray. The railway station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) on its Moray Firth coast line in 1884. The station closed to regular passenger traffic on 1 October 1951, more than a decade before the total closure of the line itself in 1968.[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 itself was later recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's report "The Reshaping of British Railways" and closed on 6 May 1968.

  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 231.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 42.
  3. ^ Gazetteer of Scotland
  4. ^ Butt 1995, p. 74.