page_title: Burghead
section_title: Bus and train
hierarchical_section_title: Burghead / Transport / Bus and train
caption_attribution_description: English: Burghead Station (remains). View southward, towards Alves; ex-Highland, Alves - Hopeman branch. This station lost its passengers on 14/9/31 when the branch services ceased. Goods traffic continued until 7/11/66, although cut back from Hopeman on 30/12/57. (The large wagons in the foreground were for the large Burghead Maltings).
context_page_description: Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, meaning that most of the town has sea on three sides. People from Burghead are called Brochers.
  The present town was built between 1805 and 1809, destroying in the process more than half of the site of an important Pictish hill fort. General Roy’s map shows the defences as they existed in the 18th century although he wrongly attributed them to the Romans. The fort was probably a major Pictish centre and was where carved slabs depicting bulls were found; they are known as the "Burghead Bulls". A chambered well of some considerable antiquity was discovered in 1809 and walls and a roof were later added to help preserve it. Each year on 11 January a fire festival known as the Burning of the Clavie takes place; it is thought that the festival dates back to the 17th century, although it could easily predate this by several centuries. Burghead is often known by locals as The Broch, a nickname also applied to Fraserburgh in nearby Aberdeenshire.
context_section_description: There is a regular bus service (32) which goes to and from Elgin via Duffus. The service is operated by Stagecoach under the name Stagecoach Bluebird.
  The nearest railway station is approximately 9 miles (14 km) away in Elgin. The station is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line and generally only offers services to Aberdeen (90 minutes travel) and Inverness (50 minutes travel), though more direct services are available. Inverness station and Aberdeen station then provide services to the rest of Britain. All train services within Scotland are operated by Abellio ScotRail, who own the franchise.
caption: Remains of Burghead railway station in 1974
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