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Former railway station in Scotland

Ordens
Ordens Halt
The bridge near the site of the station in 2006
General information
LocationBanff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57°38′52″N 2°38′04″W / 57.647787°N 2.634485°W / 57.647787; -2.634485
Grid referenceNJ 362 862
Platforms1
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 as Ordens
October 1863Service restricted
1911Reopened as Ordens Platform
14 July 1924Renamed Ordens Halt and service restored
6 July 1964Closed to all traffic

Ordens railway station was opened in 1859, its services restricted and renamed Ordens Platform railway station by 1911 and finally Ordens Halt railway station in 1924 with a restored service. The station was close to a farm of that name and served a very rural locality. The line from Tillynaught opened in 1859 and a temporary terminus opened on 30 July 1859 and a permanent station opened in 1860. There was a single platform.

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoS) took over the line in 1867 and operated it until grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the former GNoS 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 Passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 and the entire line, including Banff station finally closed in 1968.

Station infrastructure

The station sat next to a road overbridge and in 1866 had a shelter and a siding with a loading dock. By 1902 the siding had been lifted and the loading dock abandoned, together with its entrance off the road, the station now being known as 'Ordens Platform', with a smaller shelter and no signalling indicated. In 2011 the station hut and platform remained and the hut still had part of the name "Ordens" painted at the back.

Services

Opened as conditional halt in 1859 Ordens ceased to appear in the timetables by 1864. The station reappeared in Bradshaw's Guide between January 1917 and October 1920, but it may have remained as a conditional and unadvertised stop before this time. Ordens appeared in the LNER timetables from 14/7/24 and services continued until closure.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Tillynaught
Towards Grange
  Great North of Scotland
Banff branch
  Ladysbridge
Towards Banff
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. 178.
  2. Quick (2009), p. 71.
  3. Maxtone (2005), p. 80.
  4. Banff Sheet X.2 (with inset X.6) (Boyndie). Survey date: 1866. Publication date: 1871.
  5. Banff Sheet X.1 (Boyndie). Survey date: 1866. Publication date: 1871.
  6. Banffshire 010.01 (includes: Boyndie; Fordyce) Publication date: 1904. Revised: ca. 1902.
  7. Banffshire 010.02 (includes: Banff; Boyndie) Publication date: 1904. Revised: ca. 1902.
  8. GNoSR Blog
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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