Ordens railway station (original) (raw)

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Former railway station in Scotland

OrdensOrdens Halt
The bridge near the site of the station in 2006
General information
Location Banff, Aberdeenshire, AberdeenshireScotland
Coordinates 57°38′52″N 2°38′04″W / 57.647787°N 2.634485°W / 57.647787; -2.634485
Grid reference NJ 362 862
Platforms 1
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 as Ordens
October 1863[1] Service restricted
1911[1] Reopened as Ordens Platform
14 July 1924[1] Renamed Ordens Halt and service restored
6 July 1964[1] Closed to all traffic

Ordens railway station was opened in 1859,[1] its services restricted and renamed Ordens Platform railway station by 1911[1] and finally Ordens Halt railway station in 1924 with a restored service.[1] The station was close to a farm of that name and served a very rural locality. The line from Tillynaught opened in 1859 and a temporary terminus opened on 30 July 1859 and a permanent station opened in 1860.[2] There was a single platform.

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoS) took over the line in 1867 and operated it until grouping in 1923. Passing into British Railways ownership in 1948, the line was, like the rest of the former GNoS lines along the Moray coast, considered for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963.[3] Passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 and the entire line, including Banff station finally closed in 1968.

Station infrastructure

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The station sat next to a road overbridge and in 1866 had a shelter and a siding[4] with a loading dock.[5] By 1902 the siding had been lifted and the loading dock abandoned, together with its entrance off the road,[6] the station now being known as 'Ordens Platform', with a smaller shelter and no signalling indicated.[7]In 2011 the station hut and platform remained and the hut still had part of the name "Ordens" painted at the back.

Opened as conditional halt in 1859 Ordens ceased to appear in the timetables by 1864. The station reappeared in Bradshaw's Guide between January 1917 and October 1920, but it may have remained as a conditional and unadvertised stop before this time. Ordens appeared in the LNER timetables from 14/7/24 and services continued until closure.[8]

| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | TillynaughtTowards Grange | | Great North of ScotlandBanff branch | | LadysbridgeTowards Banff |

Banff, Portsoy andStrathisla Railway
Legend
Banff Golf Club House Bridgefoot Halt Ladysbridge Ordens Portsoy Harbour Portsoy (first) ( goods onlyafter 1884 ) Portsoy (second) Left arrow Moray Coast Rly Tillynaught Cornhill Glenbarry Knock Millegin Up arrow Great North of Scotland Railwayto Keith Grange curve to Aberdeenopened 1886 Cairnie Junction Rothiemay Huntly Down arrow Great North of Scotland Railwayto Aberdeen
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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Butt (1995), p. 178.
  2. ^ Quick (2009), p. 71.
  3. ^ Maxtone (2005), p. 80.
  4. ^ Banff Sheet X.2 (with inset X.6) (Boyndie). Survey date: 1866. Publication date: 1871.
  5. ^ Banff Sheet X.1 (Boyndie). Survey date: 1866. Publication date: 1871.
  6. ^ Banffshire 010.01 (includes: Boyndie; Fordyce) Publication date: 1904. Revised: ca. 1902.
  7. ^ Banffshire 010.02 (includes: Banff; Boyndie) Publication date: 1904. Revised: ca. 1902.
  8. ^ GNoSR Blog

Sources