Buckie and Portessie Branch
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Buckie and Portessie Branch is an historic railway in Scotland
which was built as part of the Highland Railway
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Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
which was built as part of the Highland Railway
Highland Railway
The Highland Railway was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921; it operated north of Perth railway station in Scotland and served the farthest north of Britain...
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History
- 1 August 1884 - Opened to BuckieBuckieBuckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Buckie was the largest town in Banffshire by some thousands of inhabitants before regionalisation in 1975 removed that political division from the map of Scotland...
- 1 May 1886 - Opened to Portessie Junction and connected to the Moray Coast Railway
- 9 August 1915 - Closed to passengers; central section between Buckie and Aultmore totally closed.
- 1 January 1923 - Became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway
- 3 October 1966 - Totally closed
Connections to other lines
- Inverness and Aberdeen Junction RailwayInverness and Aberdeen Junction RailwayInverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway is an historic railway in Scotland.- History :It was authorised by an Act of Parliament on 21 July 1856 as an extension to the Inverness and Nairn Railway, the line was opened in stages:...
at Keith JunctionKeith railway stationKeith railway station is a railway station serving the town of Keith, Moray, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line.-History:... - Moray Coast Railway at Portessie Junction