Tillynaught railway station

Tillynaught
Tillynaught
	The site of Tillynaught station
General information
Location	Aberdeenshire; Scotland
Coordinates	57°38′36″N 2°40′15″W / 57.643221°N 2.670789°W
Grid reference	NJ 6005 6167
Platforms	Three
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	Banff Line opened
1 April 1884	Line to Tochnineal opened
1 May 1886	Moray Coast Line opened
6 July 1964	Banff branch closed to passengers
6 May 1968	Banff and Moray Coast Lines closed to all traffic

Tillynaught railway station or Tillynaught Junction^[5] was a junction railway station in what is now Aberdeenshire, Parish of Fordyce, 6 miles south-west of Banff. Tillynaught was opened in 1859 by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway,^[4] and in 1867 was absorbed by the Great North of Scotland Railway(GNSR). This junction station was served by Aberdeen to Elgin trains as well as trains running to the branch terminus at Banff.

In 1923 the Great North of Scotland Railway was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway and in 1948 became part of British Railways. Recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's report "The Reshaping of British Railways" the station closed completely on 6 May 1968.

History[edit]

Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla[edit]

The Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway opened on 30 July 1859, with a 16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) line from Banff to Grange, on the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) main line, with a 3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) branch from Tillynaught to Portsoy.^[6] On 1 February 1863 the GNSR took over services and the railway renamed the Banffshire Railway.

Moray Coast Line[edit]

A new station was built at Portsoy for the through line, which opened, together with a 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) extension to Tochieneal, on 1 April 1884. The Countess of Seafield had not allowed a direct route to be built through Cullen House policies and to avoid the estate lands several bridges were and an impressive viaduct at Cullen had to be built. The Moray Coast Line opened on 1 May 1886, through Aberdeen to Elgin services called at Tillynaught.^[3]

In 1923 the Great North of Scotland Railway was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway and railway nationalisation followed in 1948, services then being delivered by British Railways. The station and the line via Buckie was recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's in The Reshaping of British Railways,^[7] closed on 6 May 1968.^[4]

Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway

(first) (

goods only

after 1884

)

Portsoy

(second)

Moray Coast Rly

Great North of Scotland Railway

to Keith

Grange

curve to Aberdeen

opened 1886

Cairnie Junction

Rothiemay

Huntly

Great North of Scotland Railway

to Aberdeen

The station infrastructure[edit]

In 1866-7 the station apparently had no sidings, possessing an island platform and only two buildings indicated.^[8] By 1902 the junction had two signal boxes, a pedestrian footbridge, a weighing machine and a complex arrangement of sidings and points.^[9] The Tillnaught Junction signalling diagram for 1934 shows a single wooden signal box, two sidings on the Banff side and ^[10] the sign stated Change for Ladysbridge and Banff.^[11] The island platform once had an impressive overall canopy that had been removed by 1960.^[12]

After closure the station buildings were demolished and the platforms infilled. The nearby station master's house and ancillary houses have been converted into a private dwelling.

Services[edit]

Tillynaught had six trains a day to Portsoy after being taken over by the GNSR, three of these reversed and continued to Banff.^[13] Tochieneal had services from when the line reached there in 1886. The Moray Coast Line was served by four through trains a day between Aberdeen to Elgin and these trains called at Tillynaught.^[14]

Portsoy was served by four Aberdeen to Inverness trains in the summer of 1948, with a mid-day Keith Town to Inverness service and an evening service from Aberdeen that terminated at Elgin. There were three through services from Inverness to Aberdeen, a service from Lossiemouth and Elgin to Aberdeen and a Saturday service from Inverness to Keith that after 19 June was accelerated and extended to Aberdeen. There were no Sunday services.^[15]

Micro-history[edit]

The station was located in a very rural area and was named after a local farm and water mill.^[16]

Preceding station		Following station
Cornhill	Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Great North of Scotland Portsoy branch 1859–1884	Portsoy
Cornhill Towards Grange	Great North of Scotland Banff branch 1884–1886	Ordens Towards Banff
Cornhill Towards Keith and Aberdeen	Great North of Scotland London and North Eastern British Railways Moray Coast Line 1886–1968	Portsoy Towards Elgin and Inverness

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Butt 1995, p. 26.
^ Butt 1995, p. 231.
^ ^a ^b Vallance 1991, pp. 94–95.
^ ^a ^b ^c Butt 1995, p. 230.
^ Scotland's Places
^ Vallance 1991, pp. 49–50.
^ Beeching 1963a, p. 125
Beeching 1963b, map 9
^ Banffshire, Sheet X (includes: Alvah; Banff; Boyndie) Survey date: 1866-7. Publication date: 1871.
^ Banffshire 010.01 (includes: Boyndie; Fordyce) Publication date: 1904. Revised: ca. 1902.
^ Maxtone 2005, p. 48.
^ Maxtone 2005, p. 50.
^ Maxtone 2005, p. 51.
^ Vallance 1991, p. 51.
^ Vallance 1991, p. 95.
^ "Passenger Timetable: Scottish Region". British Railways. May 1948. Table 150. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
^ Banffshire, Sheet IX (includes: Deskford; Fordyce; Grange; Ordiquhill) Survey date: 1866. Publication date: 1871.

Sources[edit]

Beeching, Richard (1963). The Reshaping of British Railways (PDF). HMSO.
Beeching, Richard (1963). The Reshaping of British Railways (maps) (PDF). HMSO.
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.
Barclay-Harvey, Malcolm (1950). A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-2592-9.
Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The Railways of the Banff & Moray Coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN 0-9547346-1-0.
Vallance, H. A. (27 June 1991). Great North of Scotland railway. The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands vol 3. David St John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-60-0.

External links[edit]

[FOOTNOTEButt199526-1] Butt 1995, p. 26.

[FOOTNOTEButt1995231-2] Butt 1995, p. 231.

[FOOTNOTEVallance199194–95-3] Vallance 1991, pp. 94–95.

[FOOTNOTEButt1995230-4] Butt 1995, p. 230.

[5] Scotland's Places

[FOOTNOTEVallance199149–50-6] Vallance 1991, pp. 49–50.

[7] Beeching 1963a, p. 125
Beeching 1963b, map 9

[8] Banffshire, Sheet X (includes: Alvah; Banff; Boyndie) Survey date: 1866-7. Publication date: 1871.

[9] Banffshire 010.01 (includes: Boyndie; Fordyce) Publication date: 1904. Revised: ca. 1902.

[FOOTNOTEMaxtone200548-10] Maxtone 2005, p. 48.

[FOOTNOTEMaxtone200550-11] Maxtone 2005, p. 50.

[FOOTNOTEMaxtone200551-12] Maxtone 2005, p. 51.

[FOOTNOTEVallance199151-13] Vallance 1991, p. 51.

[FOOTNOTEVallance199195-14] Vallance 1991, p. 95.

[15] "Passenger Timetable: Scottish Region". British Railways. May 1948. Table 150. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

[16] Banffshire, Sheet IX (includes: Deskford; Fordyce; Grange; Ordiquhill) Survey date: 1866. Publication date: 1871.

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v t e Great North of Scotland Railway
Constituent railways	Aberdeen and Turriff (originally Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction) Aboyne & Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Extension Banffshire (originally Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla) Deeside Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Morayshire Strathspey
Successor railway	London and North Eastern
Heritage railways	Alford Valley Keith and Dufftown Royal Deeside Strathspey
Rail trails	Deeside Way Formartine and Buchan Way
Aberdeen–Inverness line List of Great North of Scotland Railway stations Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway

v t e Historical Scottish railway companies
Primary companies	Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Highland Railway North British Railway
Caledonian Railway	Aberdeen Railway Alloa Railway Alyth Arbroath and Forfar Busby Railway Cathcart District Clydesdale Junction Crieff Junction Crieff and Comrie Crieff and Methven Junction Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Dunblane, Doune and Callander Dundee and Perth Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Forfar and Brechin General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Greenock and Wemyss Bay Hamilton and Strathaven Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Leadhills and Wanlockhead Lesmahagow Railway Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Paisley and Barrhead District Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Polloc and Govan Rutherglen and Coatbridge Scottish Central Scottish Midland Junction Scottish North Eastern Solway Junction Symington, Biggar and Broughton Talla Railway Wishaw and Coltness Lines built by the Caledonian Railway Balerno line CR Cleland and Midcalder CR Main Line CR Douglas Branch CR Hamilton Branch CR Hamiltonhill Branch CR The Switchback Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway Callander and Oban Killin Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway	Ardrossan Railway Ardrossan and Johnstone Ayr and Dalmellington Ayr and Maybole Junction Ayr to Mauchline Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Barrhead Branch Bridge of Weir Railway Cairn Valley Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Castle Douglas and Dumfries Dalry and North Johnstone Darvel Branch Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Greenock and Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Troon Largs Branch Maidens and Dunure Maybole and Girvan Paisley and Renfrew Paisley Canal Line
Great North of Scotland Railway	Aberdeen and Turriff Aboyne and Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Boddam Branch Deeside Denburn Valley Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Moray Coast Morayshire St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway
Highland Railway	Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose Branch Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Inverness and Aviemore Direct Inverness and Nairn Inverness and Perth Junction Inverness and Ross-shire Kyle of Lochalsh Extension Perth and Dunkeld Sutherland and Caithness Sutherland Railway Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway Dornoch Light Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway
North British Railway	Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Anstruther and St Andrews Railway Ballochney Bathgate and Coatbridge Blane Valley Border Counties Railway Border Union Railway Campsie Branch Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company Coatbridge Branch Devon Valley Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry East of Fife Railway Edinburgh and Bathgate Edinburgh and Dalkeith Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Hawick Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Esk Valley Eyemouth Railway Fife and Kinross Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Gifford and Garvald Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Glasgow City and District Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Kelvin Valley Railway Kincardine Line Kinross-shire Railway Kirkcaldy and District Railway Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Leven Railway Leven and East of Fife Railway Macmerry Branch Monkland and Kirkintilloch Monkland Railways Montrose and Bervie Mallaig Extension Newburgh and North Fife Railway (worked by NBR) Newport Railway North Berwick Branch North British, Arbroath and Montrose Peebles Railway The St. Andrews Railway Stirling and Dunfermline Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Slamannan Slamannan and Borrowstounness Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway West Highland Railway West of Fife Mineral Railway Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness
Joint lines	Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction City Union Dundee and Arbroath Darvel and Strathaven Glasgow and Paisley Joint Glasgow and Renfrew District Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint
Other lines	Brechin and Edzell District Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway Dundee and Arbroath Hagdale Chromate Railway Invergarry and Fort Augustus Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway Lochaber Narrow Gauge Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway Skye Marble Railway Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway