Elgin, Maisondieu Road, East Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Elgin, Maisondieu Road, East Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Elgin Business Centre; Elgin Station; New Elgin Road; Old Station
Canmore ID 16597
Site Number NJ26SW 103
NGR NJ 22052 62237
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16597
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 103.00 22052 62237
NJ26SW 103.01 NJ 22329 62335 Engine shed
NJ26SW 103.02 NJ 22115 62273 Goods shed
NJ26SW 103.03 NJ 22019 62276 Weighbridge
For present (formerly Highland Rly.) Elgin Station (NJ 2183 6219), see NJ26SW 102.
(Location cited as NJ 221 622). Elgin Station, rebuilt 1902 by the Great North of Scotland Rly. An elaborate through and terminal station with the main offices on the down side in a two-storey and attic ashlar block, basically on an H plan, with wings at both ends. Now closed to passengers, though the goods yard, with wooden shed, is still in use.
J R Hume 1977.
This station was opened as the terminal station of the Morayshire Rly. (serving branches along the Moray coast) on 10 August 1852. It was incorporated into the Great North of Scotland Rly. and closed to regular passenger traffic at an unspecified date.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 October 2000.
R V J Butt 1995.
