Old Photographs Railway Station Beauly Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Beauly located ten miles West of Inverness, Scotland. The Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which was to be a line between Inverness and Invergordon, was authorised in 1860, and opened in stages. The first section, that between Inverness and Dingwall, opened on 11 June 1862, and one of the original stations was that at Beauly. The station closed a nearly a century later, on 13 June 1960, along with most of the others between Inverness and Bonar Bridge. This was due to increasing competition from motor buses, particularly those of Highland Omnibuses Ltd. Following a local campaign, the station was reopened in 2002. It is the first stop after leaving Inverness station, heading north on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line.





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Old Photograph Railway Station Blackford Hill Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station at Blackford Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. This station was opened on 1 December 1884 and closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line although the line itself was retained for rail freight use.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Beith Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Beith in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station opened on 26 June 1873 as Beith. It was renamed Beith Town on 28 February 1953, and closed permanently to passengers on 5 November 1962. Freight services continued at the station until 1964. The station was the terminus of a five mile branch from Lugton. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Fyvie Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway connected the Aberdeenshire town of Turriff with the Great North of Scotland Railway's main line at Inveramsay. A separate company, the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Extension Railway, built extension to a station called Banff and Macduff. The junction railway, together with the junction station at Inveramsay, opened on 5 September 1857 and the extension opened on 4 June 1860. Both railways were absorbed by the Great North of Scotland Railway on 1st August 1866, and the line was extended to a new Macduff station in 1872. Following the grouping in 1923, the line became part of London and North Eastern Railway and was nationalised, becoming part of British Railways. The Macduff branch closed to passengers on 1 October 1951, completely to the north of Turiff on 1st August 1961 and the remaining line on 3 January 1966.



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Old Photograph Montgomerie Pier Railway Station Ardrossan Scotland

Old photograph of Montgomerie Pier Railway Station in Ardrossan located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was opened on 30 May 1890 as Ardrossan Pier. It was closed from 1 January 1917 to 1 February 1919 due to wartime economy. The station was renamed Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier on 2 June 1924. The name change was to avoid confusion with a nearby station of the same name. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and continued to operate until it officially closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 6 May 1968.



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