Forres railway station
Railway station in Moray, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Forres railway station serves the town of Forres, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen–Inverness line, between Nairn and Elgin, measured 119 miles 42 chains (192.4 km) from Perth via the Dava route.[4]
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Location | Forres, Moray Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 57.6097°N 3.6258°W / 57.6097; -3.6258 | ||||
Grid reference | NJ029589 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | FOR[2] | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
Key dates | |||||
25 March 1858 | Opened[3] by Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway | ||||
3 August 1863 | Station reopened[3] by Highland Railway | ||||
5 October 2017 | Old station closed | ||||
17 October 2017 | New relocated station opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.126 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.141 million | ||||
2020/21 | 32,890 | ||||
2021/22 | 92,636 | ||||
2022/23 | 97,030 | ||||
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