Grantown-on-Spey

Grantown -on-Spey is a town in the Scottish region of Moray near the banks of the Spey. It is in the traditional county of Moray, who belonged to the administrative county of Morayshire 1889-1975. Between 1975 and 1996, the city of Badenoch and Strathspey region was assigned. Charlestown of Aberlour is located about 30 km to the east, Inverness 35 km northwest.

History

Sir James Grant founded the city in 1766 under the name of Grantown ( the suffix on Spey was only added in 1898 ) to provide impetus for industrialization. 1851 1000 residents have been recorded. From Grantown not produce the desired impetus was, however, established the city as a tourist destination. In 2001, 2166 people lived in Grantown- on-Spey.

Traffic

The A95 passes through the city a few hundred meters south and crosses there a bridge over the Spey. Across town, the A939 runs to Nairn.

In 1863 the town was connected by the Highland Main Line to the railway network. The Highland Main Line received in 1898 a shorter distance between Inverness and Aviemore. The older section about Grantown thus lost to verkehrlicher importance. Finally, the distance between Aviemore and Forres as part of the Beeching Axe in 1965 has been set .. A second station owned Grantown on which also opened in 1863, branching off from the old Highland Main Line route from Boat of Garten by Dufftown. This compound was also set in 1965.

The Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway, which already operates the old Highland Main Line section between Aviemore and Broomhill the station ( between Boat of Garten and Grantown ), is planning a reconstruction of the track on the section to Grantown. In February 2014, the installation of a new Brückenzugs over the Dulnain began to complete the missing three miles between Broomhill and Grantown-on -Spey.

Personalities

• Craig MacLean (born 1971 ), track cyclist