Glenbarry railway station

Glenbarry
Barry

Glenbarry
Location
Place Banff, Aberdeenshire
Area Aberdeenshire
Coordinates 57°34′49″N 2°44′47″W / 57.580412°N 2.746515°W / 57.580412; -2.746515Coordinates: 57°34′49″N 2°44′47″W / 57.580412°N 2.746515°W / 57.580412; -2.746515
Grid reference NJ 553 545
Operations
Original company Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
30 July 1859[1] Opened
October 1863[1] Closed
19 February 1872 Reopened as Glenbarry[2]
6 May 1968[2] Closed to passengers
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Glenbarry railway station, previously known as Barry was an intermediate stop with a passing loop situated[3] on the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) line from Cairnie Junction to Tillynaught. There were two platforms at Glenbarry that served the nearby hamlet that lies in what was once Banffshire. The line northwards ran to Tillynaught where it split to reach Banff by a branch line or Elgin by the Moray Coast line.

Barry 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, closed 'Barry' in 1863, reopening it as 'Glenbarry' in 1872[2] and then operating 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. [4] Passenger services were withdrawn in May 1968 whilst freight had ceased on 2 November 1964.[4]

Station infrastructure

In 1902 the OS map shows the presence of a water tower, weighing machine, two sidings in a goods yard with a goods shed, two platforms with a footbridge, ticket office, shelters and a signal box. A road over bridge is located nearby.[5] The signal box was operational until 25 June 1966.[4]

The base of the old water tower survived in 1988.[6]

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