The branch line from Alves was constructed by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (I&AJR).

[1] Four passenger trains per day ran each way between Burghead and Keith with connections to Inverness by changing at Alves.

This necessitated a new line to be constructed from a junction just south of the town and the railway station was relocated to this newly constructed line, approximately 0.24 miles (380 m) from the original station.

Following the cessation of the grain traffic the line was lifted from the harbour branch to a point south of Burghead.

The line laid abandoned until final closure in 2017 as part of the Aberdeen–Inverness improvement project.