Inveramsay railway station
Inveramsay railway station was a railway station in the parish of Chapel of Garioch, near the Mill of Inveramsay, Aberdeenshire. It served the sparsely populated rural area, but was mainly an interchange for the Macduff and Banff branch lines.
History
Inveramsay was opened in 1857 by the Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway, then part of the Great North of Scotland Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by British Railways in October 1951 on the same date as the branch despite the main line north remaining open. Although a junction it was never officially referred to as such on the name boards.Infrastructure
The station was the junction for the branch to Macduff and Banff, standing at 237 feet above sea level. It had two platforms on the main line, with one serving as an island with the main station building and one of its two platform being used for the branch with a passing loop present. A footbridge was present. Sidings stood to the East and a turntable was provided. Inveramsay to Kintore was doubled in 1882 and the north and south signal boxes were open in the same year.The north signal box worked the branch line, controlling the passing loop's north end, and access to a loading bank, with the south box, standing on the west side of the tracks, controlling the lines to the engine shed and sidings from the south.
In 1930 a ground frame replaced the north signal box. By 1888 the Insch to Inveramsay section of the Inverness line had been doubled however in 1969 the Insch to Inverurie section was singled.
Several railway cottages stood to the south-west in 1901.
The exchange sidings on the branch side were latterly used to hold wagons destined for the nearby Inverurie works.