Ordens Platform
Location type
StationNames and dates
Ordens (1859-1863)Ordens Platform (1924-1964)
Opened on the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway.
Description
This was a single platform halt with a simple wooden shelter. The platform was on the south side of the line.
Ordens Farm is to the west.
The hut survived until the 1990s with part of the word "Ordens" still visible painted in the rear of the shelter.
Tags
Station halt platformExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
02/06/2018
| Nearby stations Tillynaught Ladysbridge Portsoy [2nd] Portsoy [1st] Bridgefoot Halt Cornhill Golf Club House Halt Banff Glassaugh Banff Bridge Macduff (Banff) Macduff Glenbarry King Edward Tochieneal | Portsoy Harbour Junction Inverboyndie Siding Portsoy Harbour Banff Shed Banff Gas Works Macduff (Banff) Shed Macduff Shed Berrymuir Quarry Gillyfurry Siding Tourist/other Inverboyndie Level Crossing Banff Distillery Duff House Glenglassaugh Distillery Macduff Distillery Temple of Venus |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 30/07/1859 | Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway Line opened (including Portsoy Harbour); stations at Knock, Cornhill, Tillynaught, Ladysbridge, Banff and Portsoy [1st]. Conditional halts were at Barry [GNSR], Ordens and Millegan. |
| /01/1917 | Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway Ordens re-opened. |
| /09/1920 | Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway Ordens closed. |
