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Former railway station in Scotland

Millegin
Millagan
Millegin near Bridge of Millegin
General information
LocationBanff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57°32′44″N 2°48′33″W / 57.545593°N 2.809213°W / 57.545593; -2.809213
Grid referenceNJ 516 508
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBanff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
30 July 1859Opened
October 1860Closed to passengers

Millegin railway station, Millagan railway station or later Millegin Siding was briefly an intermediate stop situated on what became the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) line from Grange and Cairnie Junction to Tillynaught. Millegin served the rural community and the nearby saw mill in Banffshire. The line northwards ran to Tillynaught where it split to reach Banff by a branch line or Elgin by the Moray Coast line.

Millegin was opened in 1859 by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway, and closed to passengers in October 1860, remaining as a freight siding that was however lifted by 1902. The line passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and was, like the rest of the ex-GNoSR lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report, closure notices were issued in 1963.

Station infrastructure

In 1867 the OS map shows that the station had closed and only a siding was present with a loading dock, by 1902 the siding had been lifted.

No physical remains of the station or siding are visible on site.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Grange
Towards Grange
  Great North of Scotland
Banff branch
  Knock
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. 160.
  2. Banffshire, Sheet XV (includes: Fordyce; Grange; Marnoch; Ordiquhill; Rothiemay). Survey date: 1867. Publication date: 1871.
  3. Butt (1995), p. 137.
  4. Butt 1995, p. 28.
  5. Banffshire Sheet XV.SW (includes: Grange; Rothiemay). Publication date: 1905. Date revised: 1902
  6. Maxtone (2005), p. 55.
  7. Scotlands Places
  8. Banffshire, Sheet XV (includes: Fordyce; Grange; Marnoch; Ordiquhill; Rothiemay). Survey date: 1867. Publication date: 1871.
  9. Banffshire Sheet XV.NW (includes: Grange). Publication date: 1905. Date revised: 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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