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The first railway station in Forres was located at the end of Market Street. On the OS map for 1863, this road is named appropriately "Old Station Road". The station building was located between the current track and signal box , and the former goods loop (which was the original main line, before the junction was constructed).
The first Forres station (1858-1863, see NJ0359 : Forres 1st railway station (site), Moray, 2017) was located beyond the platforms. The second station (1863-2017, see NJ0258 : Forres 2nd railway station (site), Moray, 2015 ) was located out of view to the right of this image on the 1863 'deviation', which has since been removed.
Forres railway station is situated just outside the town and is operated by ScotRail. The town of Forres was once a triangular junction in the Highland Railway network, travelling through Forres was once the quickest route to reach Inverness from the south. Originally the station had four platforms; two of which were on the north side of the ...
The Findhorn Viaduct is a railway bridge near Forres in Moray, Scotland. Built for the Inverness & Aberdeen Junction Railway between 1856 and 1858 by Joseph Mitchell, with ironwork by William Fairbairn & Sons of Manchester, [1] the viaduct carries the railway line over the River Findhorn [2] approximately 1.7 km (1.1 mi) west of the town of Forres.
The Dava Way is a 38 km (24 mi) long-distance path that mostly follows the route of the former Highland Railway between Grantown and Forres. The railway line, built as a route between Inverness and Perth, opened in 1863 and closed in 1965. The route was reopened as a long distance path in 2005.
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Nairn railway station is a railway station serving the town of Nairn in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line , between Forres and Inverness Airport , measured 128 miles 72 chains (207.4 km) from Perth via the former Dava route. [ 5 ]
Goods trains to Foynes ceased in November 2000, [3] and in May 2002 the last train, a weed sprayer, moved on the line. [4] The line was disconnected from the broader Irish Rail network at Limerick Check in November 2007. [5] Goods trains to Castlemungret continued until 2009, with the branch finally being disconnected in 2013. [3]