Coleburn's Platform
Location type
StationNames and dates
Coleburn (1863-1867)Coleburn's Platform (1867-1871)
Opened on the Morayshire Railway.
Description
This platform served Coleburn Distillery. To the south was a passing loop with a signal box and sidings for the distillery. The sidings were on the west side of the line and served from the south (the north end of the loop). A siding ran from the south end of the loop to a gravel pit on the west side of the line.
Closure to passengers was early, in 1871. Under the LNER there was a private halt.
The signal box opened in 1897. This was on the west side of the loop.
The box closed in 1966. The line closed in 1968.
Coleburn Gravel Pit was to the south.
Local
Murray McDavid - Coleburn Distillery
Tags
Station09/12/2021
| Nearby stations Birchfield Platform Longmorn Lhanbryde Sourden Orbliston Rothes Elgin East Elgin Orton Orton Junction Calcots Urquhart Balnacoul Halt Mosstowie Dandaleith | Coleburn Gravel Pit Sourden Tunnel Orbliston Ballast Siding Elgin Centre Signal Box Elgin Shed [1st] Tourist/other Coleburn Distillery Glen Elgin Distillery Longmorn Distillery Glenlossie Distillery Benriach Distillery Speyburn Distillery Linkwood Distillery Glen Grant Distillery Glenrothes Distillery Glenspey Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 05/06/1863 | Morayshire Railway Conditional halt added at Coleburn between Elgin [GNSR] and Rothes. |
Books
 The Travellers Joy: The Story of the Morayshire Railway |
