Towiemore Halt
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StationName and dates
Towiemore Halt (1924-1968)Opened on the Keith and Dufftown Railway.
Description
This was a small single platform halt. The platform was in timber. The platform was on the north side of the line. The station building was a grounded carriage.
Drummuir Lane Kilns Siding opened here in 1863. It was renamed Botriphnie in the 1880s, a signal box 'Botriphnie Siding' opening in 1883.
The box closed in 1890. It reopened in 1895 with the building of Towiemore Distillery on the site of the lime kilns. The box was closed and replaced by a ground frame in 1896.
The siding then served Towiemore Distillery from 1897/98.
The LNER provided a passenger service from about 1924 for distillery staff.
The distillery was short lived and closed in 1930, but its maltings survived. The halt became public in 1937.
By the platform was a bothy, formerly the Botriphnie Siding signal box.
There were sidings on the north side of the line, accessed from the east. This was originally a limekiln siding but was expanded with a series of sidings when Towiemore Distillery opened. The siding closed in 1964.
The line is now in heritage use and hints of the former platform remain.
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Drummuir Auchindachy Drummuir Curlers Platform Tauchers Platform Keith Town Mulben Strathisla Mills Platform Keith Aultmore Dufftown Craigellachie [2nd] Orton Junction Dandaleith Orton Grange | Strathmill Distillery Siding Crooksmill Siding Keith Air Ministry Siding Keith West Signal Box Keith Shed [HR] Keith Shed [GNSR] [1st] Chivas Bros Siding [Keith] Keith Junction Tourist/other Towiemore Distillery Glentauchers Distillery Loch Park Strathmill Distillery Strathisla Distillery Keith North Signal Box Newmill Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
