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TITLE
Burghead, later passenger station.
EXTERNAL ID
PC_HRS_STATIONS_001_263
PLACENAME
Burghead
OLD COUNTY/PARISH
MORAYSHIRE
DATE OF IMAGE
August 1962
PERIOD
1960s
CREATOR
Keith Fenwick
SOURCE
Highland Railway Society
ASSET ID
26981
KEYWORDS
Burghead branch
Highland Railway
Burghead, later passenger station.

This photograph shows the passenger station at Burghead which was built when the branch was extended to Hopeman, looking towards Hopeman.

The railway line to Burghead from Alves, on the Elgin to Forres line, was opened on 22 December 1862 by the Inverness & Aberdeen Junction Railway, which became part of the Highland Railway in 1865. The branch was extended to Hopeman on 10 October 1892, when this passenger station was opened. Goods facilities continued to be handled at the original location. Passenger services were withdrawn on 14 September 1931 and goods services to Hopeman on 30 December 1957, after which the track through the station was lifted.

In the 1970s, a new grain depot was built at Burghead just beyond the road bridge and track was relaid through the station. This was used until the 1990s.

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Burghead, later passenger station.

MORAYSHIRE

1960s

Burghead branch; Highland Railway

Highland Railway Society

Highland Railway Society - Stations

This photograph shows the passenger station at Burghead which was built when the branch was extended to Hopeman, looking towards Hopeman. <br /> <br /> The railway line to Burghead from Alves, on the Elgin to Forres line, was opened on 22 December 1862 by the Inverness & Aberdeen Junction Railway, which became part of the Highland Railway in 1865. The branch was extended to Hopeman on 10 October 1892, when this passenger station was opened. Goods facilities continued to be handled at the original location. Passenger services were withdrawn on 14 September 1931 and goods services to Hopeman on 30 December 1957, after which the track through the station was lifted. <br /> <br /> In the 1970s, a new grain depot was built at Burghead just beyond the road bridge and track was relaid through the station. This was used until the 1990s.