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.

For the Belfast station of the same name, see Knock railway station.

Knock (Banffshire)
LocationBanff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57.580412°N 2.746515°W / 57.580412; -2.746515
Grid referenceNJ 553 545
Platforms1 (2)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBanff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLondon 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.[8]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Millegin
Towards Grange		   Great North of Scotland
Banff branch
1884–1886		   Glenbarry
Towards Banff
Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway
Overview
LocaleScotland
History
Opened1859
Successor lineGreat North of Scotland Railway
Closed1968
Technical
Line length19 1⁄2 miles (31.4 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
 Banff
 Golf Club House
 Bridgefoot Halt
 Ladysbridge
 Ordens
Portsoy Harbour
Portsoy
1st station
Goods only after 1884
Portsoy
2nd station and line to Tochieneal
opened in 1884, through to Elgin in 1886
Tillynaught
Cornhill
 Glenbarry
 Knock
 Millegin
to Keith
Grange
Curve giving access from
Aberdeen opened in 1886
Cairnie Junction
(opened 1897)
Rothiemay
Huntly

See also

References
Notes
  1. Butt (1995), p. 137.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 28.
  3. Maxtone (2005), p. 55.
  4. Maxtone (2005), p. 57.
  5. Maxtone (2005), p. 58.
  6. Banffshire, Sheet XV (includes: Fordyce; Grange; Marnoch; Ordiquhill; Rothiemay). Survey date: 1867. Publication date: 1871.
  7. Banffshire Sheet XV.NW (includes: Grange). Publication date: 1905. Date revised: 1902.
  8. RailScot - Banff Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Maxtone, G.R. (2005). The railways of the Banff & Moray coast. Keith & Dufftown Railway Association. ISBN 0-9547346-1-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
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