Date: 15/01/2022

Menzies has evolved to stay afloat for 188 years, starting as a small Edinburgh stationer before taking to the skies and leading the world of aviation logistics.

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Menzies has evolved to stay afloat for 188 years, starting as a small Edinburgh stationer before taking to the skies and leading the world of aviation logistics.

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The A-listed Stirling station preserves within its premises the structures of two original John Menzies platform kiosks, but both are now shut and out of use. The one on platform 3 was closed decades ago, but the second, directly opposite on platform 2, was active for much longer until the installation of automatic ticket barriers after privatisation made it inaccessible from the forecourt. Shown here is the down platform kiosk in July 1992 when it was still open for business and customers were trusted to not take items off the stands and jump on a train without paying (much as they were trusted to buy tickets to travel on the train beforehand).
Location: Stirling
Company: Scottish Central Railway
/07/1992 Mark Dufton

The booking hall of Fraserburgh passenger station in 1979, looking south towards the exit to the platforms. The ticket offices were on the left, and waiting rooms on the right. To the left of the door is a John Menzies kiosk which also opened out to the platform side.
Location: Fraserburgh
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
02/11/1979 John Williamson

The hatch at the rear of the John Menzies kiosk which once served passengers in the booking hall at Elgin East station, seen here on 7th February 2013.
Location: Elgin East
Company: Morayshire Railway
07/02/2013 Brian Taylor

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