The station and line was recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's report "The Reshaping of British Railways" and closed on 6 May 1968.

[1] In 1881 the Great North of Scotland Railway put a bill to parliament to extend its Portsoy line along the Moray Firth as far as Buckie.

[2] In 1882 the Great North of Scotland applied for permission to build a 25+1⁄4-mile (40.6 km) line from Portsoy following the coast to Buckie and then running on to Elgin.

The station and line was recommended for closure by Dr Beeching's in his report "The Reshaping of British Railways"[5] and closed on 6 May 1968.

[7] Cullen Viaduct is a category B listed structure with eight arches, built to carry a single track, constructed in 1884 and approached by substantial embankments.