Fochabers Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Fochabers Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fochabers Town Station
Canmore ID 122966
Site Number NJ35NW 56
NGR NJ 33879 59553
NGR Description Centred on NJ 33879 59553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/122966
- Council Moray
- Parish Speymouth
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ35NW 56 3384 5966
(Location cited as NJ 339 595). Fochabers Station, opened 1893 by the Highland Rly. Formerly a 1-platform terminal station. The platform building is an H-plan structure, with a wing at the W end and a platform awning between the arms of the H. Disused.
J R Hume 1977.
This station was opened (as Fochabers Station) on 23 October 1893 and was the terminal station of the Highland Rly. branch line from Orbliston to Fochabers. It was renamed Fochabers Town Station on 1 July 1894, and was closed to regular passenger traffic by the London, Midland and Scottish Rly. on 14 September 1931.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 November 2000.
R V J Butt 1995.
NMRS NOTES
Station opened 16.10.1893
Closed 14.09.1931
Originally known as Fochabers Station. Not to be confused with GNOSR Fochabers Station later renamed Spey Bay or the HR Fochabers Station later renamed Orbliston Junction.
Converted to private house.
