Golf Club House Halt

Banff Golf Club House Halt[1]
The site of the station in 2019
General information
LocationBanff, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57°40′09″N 2°32′23″W / 57.669103°N 2.539777°W / 57.669103; -2.539777
Grid referenceNJ 678 645
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1902'Links Halt' present[2]
1914[1]Platform Opened
6 July 1964[1]Closed to passengers
1968Line closed to all traffic

Golf Club House Halt railway station,[1] also known as Banff Golf House Halt railway station was opened in 1914.[1] The halt was located close to the town of Banff's golf club on the links.[3] The line from Tillynaught opened in 1859 and a temporary terminus opened at Banff on 30 July 1859 and a permanent station opened in 1860.[4] There was a single platform at the Golf Club House Halt, located on the shore side of the line and no provision for goods traffic. The OS map of 1902 shows a 'Halt' at the site of the 1914 platform without indicating any structure at the site.[5]

Banff Links was the terminus of the line until 1860 when the harbour station was opened.[6]

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for closure as part of the Beeching report and closure notices were issued in 1963.[7] Passenger services were withdrawn in July 1964 and the entire line finally closed to all traffic in 1968. Old postcards show how handy the station was for the large numbers of visitors who used the beach in the summer months.[8]

Station infrastructure

The halt was a simple structure with a short wooden platform,[9] on the sea side of the single track line with no shelter or provision for goods traffic,[10] closing in 1964 with no remains surviving on site. The golf club house was nearby. The OS map of 1902 does shows a Links Halt at the site of the 1914 platform without indicating any structures at the site.[11]

Micro-history

One source states that a Banff Harbour Halt existed between the Golf Club House Halt and Banff railway station at the top of one of the cliffs but it is not shown on the OS maps or listed elsewhere.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bridgefoot Halt
Towards Grange		   Great North of Scotland
Banff branch		   Banff
Towards Banff
Banff, Portsoy and
Strathisla Railway
 Banff
 Golf Club House
 Bridgefoot Halt
 Ladysbridge
 Ordens
 Portsoy Harbour
 Portsoy
(first) (
goods only
after 1884
)
 Portsoy
(second)
Left arrow Moray Coast Rly
 Tillynaught
 Cornhill
 Glenbarry
 Knock
 Millegin
Up arrow
Great North of Scotland Railway
to Keith
 Grange
curve to Aberdeen
opened 1886
 Cairnie Junction
 Rothiemay
 Huntly
Down arrow
Great North of Scotland Railway
to Aberdeen

See also

References

Notes
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.
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