Overview
Birchfield Platform railway station, Birchfield Halt railway station or Birchfield Siding railway station served the rural area near Glen of Rothes House, Moray, Scotland, from 1871 to 1956 on the Morayshire Railway. 1884 is another suggested opening date; however, it contradicts the map evidence. This was an intermediate station on the Craigellachie-Elgin line of the former Great North of Scotland Railway that had originally been opened by the Morayshire Railway on 1 January 1862.
History
The station was opened circa 1871 as Birchfield Halt by the Great North of Scotland Railway. It was situated north of and south of and stations that in turn led to the Great North of Scotland Railway station at East. The name Birchfield Halt was used from 1939.
Infrastructure
In 1871 the station had a short ill-defined platform and was approached by a long drive that had a junction with the lane that crossed the level crossing. A single siding ran for a short distance south, parallel to the line. A building stood close to the level crossing and a signal was present.
The site today
The building first recorded in 1871 is still present in a much modified form and the trackbed is in use as a farmland access.