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Elgin railway station is a railway station serving the town of Elgin, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line. The station has two platforms linked by a footbridge, and a booking office/waiting room with a vending machine. One of the route's passing loops is located here, under the control of Elgin West signal box (which also supervises an adjacent level crossing). This signal box is now the most northerly manual box still in operation on the UK railway network (all those to the north of having been closed back in the 1980s when the station area was resignalled and RETB working introduced on the Kyle & Far North lines).〔(Railscot - Elgin West signal box ) www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-12-22〕 == History == (詳細はHighland Railway (first opened by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway and known as Elgin West) and one by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR), which was first opened by the Morayshire Railway. The latter's lines to Lossiemouth and (where it joined the Strathspey Railway (GNoSR)) were subsequently joined by the GNSR Morayshire Coast line in 1886/7. All three of the GNSR routes were closed in the 1960s as a result of the Beeching Axe, with the Lossiemouth branch the first to go in April 1964 and the other two routes following in May 1968.〔(Railscot: Chronology - Morayshire Railway ) www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-12-22〕 Both 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. The present station, formerly the West (ex-Highland) station, opened on 25 March 1858〔 was retained and was rebuilt in a modern style by British Rail in 1990. The GNSR station (known as Elgin East), opened on 10 August 1852, was closed with the end of services on the coast & Craigellachie lines on 6 May 1968.〔Butt (1995). Page 90.〕 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. 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「Elgin railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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