Banff railway station (site), Aberdeenshire
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Banff railway station (site), Aberdeenshire
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 5 Sep 2019
Opened in 1860 as the terminus of the Banff Portsoy & Strathisla Railway, later part of the Great North of Scotland Railway, on the line from Tillynaught. This station closed to passengers in 1964 and completely in 1968. View south west at the former forecourt. The station building was approximately where the nearest house now is with the goods shed to the right of the image. After closure the road was diverted to cut through the site. On the far side of the white house, the view 58 years previously would have been as shown on Image
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Image Location
Latitude
57.670542
Longitude
-2.525362