Cornhill railway station

Cornhill
Location
Place Banff, Aberdeenshire
Area Aberdeenshire
Coordinates 57°37′05″N 2°42′14″W / 57.617934°N 2.703886°W / 57.617934; -2.703886Coordinates: 57°37′05″N 2°42′14″W / 57.617934°N 2.703886°W / 57.617934; -2.703886
Grid reference NJ 5805 5888
Operations
Original company Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
30 July 1859[1] Opened
6 May 1968[1] Closed to passengers and freight
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Cornhill railway station was an intermediate stop situated[1] on the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) line from Cairnie Junction to Tillynaught. There was only a single platform at Cornhill that served the nearby village that lies in Fordyce Parish, of what was once Banffshire, 8½ miles from Banff itself. The line ran to Tillynaught where it split to reach Banff by a branch line or Elgin by the Moray Coast line.

Cornhill was opened in 1859 by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway,[1] and in 1867 was absorbed by the GNoSR who took over the line and operated it until grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the ex-GNoSR lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963.[2] Passenger and freight services were withdrawn in May 1968.

Station infrastructure

The surviving station building was constructed circa 1886 and was built of wood. Two sidings, a crane and a coal loading dock are shown in 1902. An auction mart is shown next to the station that was still present in 1988.[3][4]

In 2011 much of this station remained, the station building, single platform, goods shed, loading bank and the station master's house.[5][6] The station site was in use as a coal yard.[7]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Glenbarry
Towards Grange
  Great North of Scotland
Banff branch
1884–1886
  Tillynaught
Towards Banff

Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway

Locale Scotland
Dates of operation 1859 1968
Successor Great North of Scotland Railway
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Length 19 12 miles (31.4 km)
Legend
Banff
Golf Club House
Bridgefoot
Ladysbridge
Ordens
Portsoy Harbour
Portsoy
1st station
Goods only after 1884

Portsoy
2nd station and line to Tochieneal
opened in 1884, through to Elgin in 1886

Tillynaught
Cornhill
Glenbarry
Knock
Millegin
To Keith
Grange
Curve giving access from
Aberdeen opened in 1886

Cairnie Junction (after 1897)
Rothiemay
Huntly
to Aberdeen

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