Archaeology Notes

Event ID 666010

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ24SE 23 2651 4298

(Location cited as NJ 265 430). Aberlour Station, opened 1863 by the Strathspey Rly. Formerly a 2-platform through station. The down-platform building survives, a singl-storey structure with a nine-bay pedimented frontage opening onto the platform.

J R Hume 1977.

Great North of Scotland Rly: Speyside line. Probably opened 1 July 1863, closed to regular passenger traffic 18 October 1965, and now a recreation centre.

Information from Mr S Montgomery, 1979.

This intermediate station on the Boat of Garten - Craigellachie ('Speyside' or 'Spey valley') line of the former Great North of Scotland Rly was opened (by the Strathspey Rly) on 1 July 1863. It closed to regular passenger traffic (with the line as a whole) on 18 October 1965.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 October 2000.

G Daniels and L Dench 1980; R V J Butt 1995.