Millegin railway station

Millegin railway station, Millagan railway station[1] or later Millegin Siding[2] was briefly an intermediate stop situated[3] 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
Millagan
Millegin near Bridge of Millegin
Location
Place	Banff, Aberdeenshire
Area	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	57.545593°N 2.809213°W / 57.545593; -2.809213
Grid reference	NJ 516 508
Operations
Original company	Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Platforms	1
History
30 July 1859[1]	Opened
October 1860[1]	Closed to passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Millegin was opened in 1859 by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway,[4] and closed to passengers in October 1860, remaining as a freight siding that was however lifted by 1902.[5] 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. [6]

Station infrastructure

In 1867 the OS map shows that the station had closed and only a siding was present with a loading dock,[7][8] by 1902 the siding had been lifted.[9]

No physical remains of the station or siding are visible on site.[10]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Grange Towards Grange		Great North of Scotland Banff branch		Knock Towards Banff

Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Overview
Locale	Scotland
Operation
Opened	1859
Closed	1968
Events
Successor line	Great North of Scotland Railway
Technical
Line length	19 ^1⁄2 miles (31.4 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Banff Golf Club House Bridgefoot Halt Ladysbridge Ordens Portsoy Harbour Portsoy 1st station Goods only after 1884 Portsoy 2nd station and line to Tochieneal opened in 1884, through to Elgin in 1886 Tillynaught Cornhill Glenbarry Knock Millegin to Keith Grange Curve giving access from Aberdeen opened in 1886 Cairnie Junction (opened 1897) Rothiemay Huntly to Aberdeen

See also

• List of Great North of Scotland Railway stations

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.
10. RailScot - Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The railways of the Banff & Moray coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN 0-9547346-1-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links

• RailScot - Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
• The Banff Branch