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Rifle Range Halt (Morayshire) railway station

Coordinates: 57°42′28″N 3°16′59″W / 57.70778°N 3.28311°W / 57.70778; -3.28311
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Rifle Range Halt (Morayshire)
General information
LocationLossiemouth, Moray
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLNER
Post-groupingLNER
British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
1926 (1926)[1]Opened
1950 (1950)Closed

Rifle Range Halt railway station (Morayshire) served the town of Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland from 1926 to 1950 on the Morayshire Railway.

History

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The station opened by the London and North Eastern Railway and was in use in 1926. It primarily served a rifle range east of the halt, hence the name. It closed in 1950. The trackbed survived after the vegetation was cleared.

References

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  1. ^ Private and Untimetabled Railway stations by G.Croughton page 118
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Lossiemouth
Line and station closed
  London and North Eastern Railway
Morayshire Railway
  Greens of Drainie
Line and station closed

57°42′28″N 3°16′59″W / 57.70778°N 3.28311°W / 57.70778; -3.28311