History
Elgin was formerly served by two stations, one owned by the Highland Railway and one by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR). Lines went from Elgin to Lossiemouth (closed 1964), Keith via Craigellachie (1968) and Aberdeen via Buckie (1968) in addition to the present Aberdeen-Inverness route. The stations were located about one mile to the south of Elgin town centre, which made them inconvenient for local journeys, e.g. to Lossiemouth, and bus services soon eliminated much of the local passenger traffic - passengers would generally only use the train service if they were connecting to long-distance trains.
The stations were less than 500 metres apart and linked by a footpath. This situation persisted until 1968 when the GNSR station (known as Elgin East), opened on 10 August 1852, was closed. The present station, formerly the West (ex-Highland) station, opened on 25 March 1858 and was rebuilt in a modern style in 1990.
The GNSR station building is still used as office accommodation and stands on the site of the original Morayshire Railway station. A sizeable goods yard is still in operation on this site.
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