Moray HER - NJ36SE0114 - PORTGORDON STATION

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Primary ReferenceNJ36SE0114
NamePORTGORDON STATION
NRHE Card No.NJ36SE56
NRHE Numlink 122452
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Railway station opened, as 'Port Gordon Station', on 1 May 1886. It was renamed Portgordon Station (by the London and North-Eastern Railway) before 1938 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 6 May 1968. During the Second World War, on 30 September 1940, railway porter John Geddes apprehended two German spies at the station. Having been landed offshore by a seaplane the two, Karl Theo Drucker and Vera Erikson, headed for Portgordon Station to catch a train to Forres. It is believed their target was the airbase at Kinloss. A third spy, Heinrich Walti, who had headed for Buckie was also apprehended.
Last Update07/08/2020
Updated Bycherbert
CompilerCP
Date of Compilation05/03/2013

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