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Advie railway station

Coordinates: 57°23′35″N 3°27′13″W / 57.39305°N 3.45351°W / 57.39305; -3.45351
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Advie
Advie station site in 1997
General information
LocationAdvie, Highland
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyStrathspey Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1863First station opens
1 September 1868Station replaced 1.21 km due west
18 October 1965Station closes

Advie railway station served the village of Advie, Morayshire, in Scotland.

History

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Opened by the Strathspey Railway (GNoSR), it was absorbed by the Great North of Scotland Railway. Then station passed on to the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

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References

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ballindalloch   Great North of Scotland Railway
Strathspey Railway
  Dalvey Farm Halt

57°23′35″N 3°27′13″W / 57.39305°N 3.45351°W / 57.39305; -3.45351