History

This station was opened with the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway was built to link the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway at Forres and Perth and Dunkeld Railway, ultimately absorbing the latter.- History :...

 in 1863.

Location

This was a private halt located at the overbridge and lodge at the gatehouse of Castle Grant

Castle Grant

Castle Grant stands a mile north of Grantown-on-Spey and was the former seat of the Clan Grant chiefs of Strathspey in Moray.-History:The original tower was built in the 14th century by the Clan Comyn of Badenoch. Originally a Comyn Clan stronghold, clan traditions tell us that the castle was taken...

. The overbridge is where the railway crosses the A939 north of Grantown-on-Spey

Grantown-on-Spey

Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness .It is the main town in what was the...

'...in acknowledgement of the great facilities given by the Earl of Seafield in the formation of the railway through his estates' http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/gardens_search_results/gardenssearchmoreinfo.htm?s=&r=&bool=0&PageID=2158&more_info=Site

Remains

Some concrete platform stumps remain along the trackbed (in various states) near the lodge.

Sources

http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/gardens_search_results/gardenssearchmoreinfo.htm?s=&r=&bool=0&PageID=2158&more_info=Site Historic Scotland - mentions Castle Grant halt.

http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway/frame.htm - 'Railscot' webpage about I&PJR.