Aultmore railway station

Aultmore
Location
Place	Aultmore
Area	Moray
Grid reference	NJ401532
Operations
Original company	Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	?
History
1 January 1884	Station opens as Forgie
1 January 1899	Renamed Aultmore
9 August 1915	Station closes to passengers
3 October 1966	Station closes totally
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Aultmore railway station was a station which served Aultmore, in the Scottish county of Moray. It was served by trains on the Buckie and Portessie Branch north of Keith. The latter station is now the nearest to Aultmore.

History

Opened by the Highland Railway in 1899 it had a short life, the line closing to passengers in 1915. Aultmore became the terminus of a goods spur from Keith and continued this role until 1966.

The site today

The station house is still used as a home.

References

• 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.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map station site is near distillery on thin goods line
• RAILSCOT on Buckie and Portessie Branch

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Keith Junction		Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch		Enzie