Kintore railway station

Kintore railway station is in Kintore, Scotland on the Aberdeen–Inverness line. Originally opened in 1854, it closed in 1964 but was reopened on a different site in 2020.[3][4]

Kintore

Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Tòrr
National Rail
Kintore railway station in 2020
General information
LocationKintore, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Coordinates57°14′37″N 2°21′01″W
Grid referenceNJ789170
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeKTR[1]
History
Original companyGreat North of Scotland Railway
Pre-groupingGreat North of Scotland Railway
Key dates
20 September 1854[2]Opened
7 December 1964Closed
15 October 2020Reopened at a different site
Passengers
2020/21 8,474
2021/22Increase 66,168

History

Original station
The remains of the original station in 2017 before track was redoubled

The original station was opened on 20 September 1854 and located around 550 m (600 yd) south of the current station. The station became a junction in 1859 with the opening of a branch to Alford. This branch closed to passengers in 1949. Kintore railway station itself was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.[5]

Modern station

Nestrans initially raised the possibility of reopening a Kintore station in 2009 as part of its 2010-2021 Rail Action Plan[6] and it was first discussed in the Scottish Parliament in October that year.[7] Plans to reopen the station were announced in December 2012.[8]

Reopening Kintore was made possible by the completion of phase one of the Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project, which redoubled the track between Aberdeen and Inverurie, increasing capacity for new passenger and freight services on the route.[9][5] The station cost £15 million,[10] funded by Transport Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council and Nestrans. The main contractor was BAM Nuttall. Construction started in 2019 with opening planned for May 2020,[11][12] but work was halted between March and July 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic,[13] which caused the opening date to be pushed back to 15 October.[14][15][16]

The new Kintore station is located around 550 m (600 yd) to the north of the old one, on the site of the junction for the now dismantled Alford branch.

Facilities
The accessible footbridge

Facilities include a new footbridge and lifts for step-free access, bike storage facilities and a 168-space car park including disabled parking and 24 charging spaces for electric vehicles. Signs and benches from the original station were refurbished and installed at the new station.[17] The station is accessible generally including ticket machines; there is a waiting room but no ticket office.[18]

Services

The new station is served by hourly trains between Inverurie and Montrose, and other services between Aberdeen and Inverurie/Inverness. Services to Aberdeen run half hourly at peak times Monday to Saturday, with an hourly service on Sundays.[19]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Dyce   ScotRail
Aberdeen to Inverness Line		   Inverurie
Dyce
From Montrose		   ScotRail
Aberdeen Crossrail		   Inverurie
To Inverurie
  Historical railways  
Kinaldie
Line open; station closed		   Great North of Scotland Railway
GNSR Main Line		   Inverurie
Line and station open
Kemnay
Line and station closed		   Great North of Scotland Railway
Alford Valley Railway		   Terminus

References
  1. Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 135.
  3. Porter, David (9 October 2020). "Kintore station set for opening". Grampian Online. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. "Aberdeenshire railway station reopens 56 years after closure". Evening Express. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. Work on track for north-east railway station to re-open in 2019 King, Joshua The Press & Journal article 20 April 2016; Retrieved 19 August 2016
  6. Rail Action Plan 2010-2021 (PDF). Nestrans (Report). 5 January 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2014.
  7. "Aberdeen Crossrail (Kintore Station) – Debate in the Scottish Parliament at 5:00 pm on 7th October 2009". Theyworkforyou.com. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  8. "New rail stations for Kintore and Dalcross"BBC News - NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland news article 7 December 2012
  9. "Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvement Project, Scotland" Railway-Technology.com; Retrieved 19 August 2016
  10. "New £15m Kintore station welcomes first passengers". Network Rail. 15 October 2020.
  11. BAM wins contract for Aberdeenshire station The Construction Index article 30 May 2019; Retrieved 31 May 2019
  12. Walsh, Stephen. "Opening of north-east train station pushed back by six months". Press and Journal. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  13. Porter, David (29 March 2020). "Kintore Station work halted". GRAMPIANONLINE.
  14. Smith, Claire (3 July 2020). "Covid-19 | Network Rail restarts major projects in Scotland". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  15. Morrice, Emma (22 August 2020). "New north-east train station planned to open in October". Evening Express.
  16. "Kintore's first train service in more than 50 years". BBC News. BBC. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  17. Beattie, Kieran (4 September 2020). "Original signs refurbished and reinstated at new Kintore railway station after decades in a farmer's shed". Press and Journal. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  18. "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Kintore (KTR)". nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  19. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214

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