Knock railway station (Scotland)
Knock railway station was an intermediate stop situated[1] on the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) line from Grange and Cairnie Junction to Tillynaught. Knock served the rural community and later the Knockdhu Distillery 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.
Knock (Banffshire) | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Banff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57.563759°N 2.760216°W |
| Grid reference | NJ 553 545 |
| Platforms | 1 (2) |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great North of Scotland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 30 July 1859[1] | Opened |
| 6 May 1968[1] | Closed to passengers |
Knock was opened in 1859 by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway,[2] and in 1867 was absorbed by the GNoSR who took over the line and then operating it until grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the ex-GNoSR lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963. [3]
Station infrastructure
In 1894 the station had three sidings, a passing loop and two platforms with a signal box on the 'up' platform,[4] singled by 1968.[5] The OS map of 1867 shows a basic station with a shelter, a single platform and only one siding on the opposite side of the road over bridge from the 1902 station that served the distillery in addition to the needs of the rural community.[6] In 1902 the Knockdhu Distillery is shown with sidings, goods shed, signal box and two platforms with a footbridge.[7]
In 2011 the platform remained near the Knockdhu distillery together with the old Loading docks however the road over bridge had been demolished.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Millegin Towards Grange |
Great North of Scotland Banff branch 1884–1886 |
Glenbarry Towards Banff | ||
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References
- Notes
- Butt (1995), p. 137.
- Butt 1995, p. 28.
- Maxtone (2005), p. 55.
- Maxtone (2005), p. 57.
- Maxtone (2005), p. 58.
- Banffshire, Sheet XV (includes: Fordyce; Grange; Marnoch; Ordiquhill; Rothiemay). Survey date: 1867. Publication date: 1871.
- 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) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.