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Railway station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Glenbarry
Barry
Glenbarry
General information
LocationBanff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57°34′49″N 2°44′47″W / 57.580412°N 2.746515°W / 57.580412; -2.746515
Grid referenceNJ 553 545
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBanff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
30 July 1859Opened
October 1863Closed
19 February 1872Reopened as Glenbarry
6 May 1968Closed to passengers

Glenbarry railway station, previously known as Barry was an intermediate stop with a passing loop situated 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, and in 1867 was absorbed by the GNoSR who took over the line, closed 'Barry' in 1863, reopening it as 'Glenbarry' in 1872 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. Passenger services were withdrawn in May 1968 whilst freight had ceased on 2 November 1964.

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. The signal box was operational until 25 June 1966.

The base of the old water tower survived in 1988.

Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway
Legend
Banff
Golf Club House
Bridgefoot Halt
Ladysbridge
Ordens
Portsoy Harbour
Portsoy (first) (
goods only
after 1884
)
Portsoy (second) Left arrow Moray Coast Rly
Tillynaught
Cornhill
Glenbarry
Knock
Millegin
Up arrow
Great North of Scotland Railway
to Keith
Grange
curve to Aberdeen
opened 1886
Cairnie Junction
Rothiemay
Huntly
Down arrow
Great North of Scotland Railway
to Aberdeen
This diagram:

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ Butt (1995), p. 28.
  2. ^ Butt (1995), p. 104.
  3. Butt (1995), p. 69.
  4. ^ Maxtone (2005), p. 55.
  5. Banffshire 015.03 (includes: Grange; Marnoch; Ordiquhill). Publication date: 1904 Revised: ca. 1902.
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The railways of the Banff & Moray coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN 0-9547346-1-0.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) . Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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