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Aviemore railway station serves the town and tourist resort of Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. The station, which is owned by Network Rail (NR) and managed by Abellio ScotRail, is located on the Highland Main Line between Perth and Inverness, and is also the southern terminus of the Strathspey preserved railway. == History == The line was opened by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (I&PJR) in 1863,〔Butt (1995), page 21〕 subsequently becoming part of the Highland Railway. The current station was opened in 1898,〔RAILSCOT〕 to designs by the architect William Roberts〔The Buildings of Scotland, Highland and Islands. John Gifford. Yale University Press. 1992. ISBN 0-300-09625-9〕 when the "direct" line to Inverness via Slochd was built, making Aviemore an important junction and replacing the original 1863 building. William Roberts also provided an engine shed to the north of the station in 1896. It became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway after the Grouping of 1923, then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The original I&PJR line to fell victim to the Beeching Axe, closing to passengers in October 1965. When Sectorisation was introduced by British Rail in the 1980s, the station was served by Scotrail until the Privatisation of British Rail. In 1998 the station was restored and refurbished, and the Strathspey Railway was finally allowed to use the island platform. All three buildings on the island platform were restored and brought back into use, having been derelict for many years, and a fourth was built from scratch. The new building comprises a ticket hall, booking office and shop, and the three original buildings are waiting rooms (with historical displays), staff offices, and toilets. Parking, reached from the Rothiemurchus road in the south of the village, is on the east side of the station, and passenger access to the Strathspey part of the station is via a foot-crossing of the rarely used junction spur. This is the second biggest railway station in Highland (Council area), after Inverness. Following the moving of services, the Strathspey Railway subsequently closed their Aviemore (Speyside) railway station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aviemore railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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