Forres Station
Railway Junction (19th Century)-(20th Century), Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Forres Station
Classification Railway Junction (19th Century)-(20th Century), Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Forres High Station
Canmore ID 108411
Site Number NJ05NW 110
NGR NJ 0294 5890
NGR Description NJ 0294 5890 and NJ 0297 5900
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/108411
- Council Moray
- Parish Forres
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ05NW 110.00 0294 5890 and 0297 5900
NJ05NW 110.01 NJ 0271 5894 Signal Box
Forres Station [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1984.
NMRS NOTES:
Station opened 03.08.1863 with completion of Inverness and Perth Junction Railway and to replace original Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Station of 25.03.1858.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This intermediate station on the Inverness - Keith (Highland Rly) portion of the Inverness - Aberdeen line was also the junction for that company's original main line over Dava summit to Perth via Boat of Garten and Aviemore. It was opened in its original form, which need not have been on the same site, by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Rly on 25 March 1858. The present station was opened on 3 August 1863 at the opening of the Dava line; this line is now closed but the station remains in regular use by passenger traffic on the Inverness - Aberdeen line.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 March 1999.
R V J Butt 1995.
