page_title: Forres railway station
section_title: 1955
hierarchical_section_title: Forres railway station / Station development / 1955
caption_attribution_description: English: Forres station, ex-Highland Railway, newly rebuilt 1956View NE, towards Inverness: line to Elgin to right, to Aviemore to left.
context_page_description: Forres railway station serves the town of Forres, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen–Inverness line.
  Although Forres is still serving passenger trains to the east and west, it was once possible to travel south on the railway to Perth via Dava on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway, meeting with the GNSR at Boat of Garten station. As of 2017, direct services to Perth and Dundee operate via Inverness and Aberdeen.
context_section_description: During 1954–55, the station building was replaced with the current red brick building. This included a new ticket office, toilets and waiting rooms.
  The original 1863 building was constructed out of wood. The current building is located directly in front of the site of the 1863 station.
caption: Forres station, as rebuilt 1956.
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